re: Are this leftist's views way out of line?

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Are you sure he wasn't a economist?

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I'm sure of that.

I'm not sure he's a high school teacher, although I have no reason to doubt what he told me. If you drink in a taproom in Portland, you will run into some characters. It was an interesting 30 minute conversation. I didn't disagree with him on anything, I just tried to draw him out.

I think he's a hippie Portlander who is justifying his envy by embracing communism and convincing himself that it is necessary in order save the planet.