People are supposed to grow ever more conservative with age. The teenage dreamer becomes the middle-aged pragmatist, who in turn settles into late-life reaction. A curious feature of Joe Biden’s story is that it defies this classical arc. The New Democrat of yesteryear, tough on welfare and even tougher on criminals, is now the party’s most progressive candidate for the White House since the 1980s.
人随着年龄增长应该会变得越来越保守。少年时的梦想家变成了中年时的实用主义者，到了晚年又变成保守主义者。乔•拜登(Joe Biden)故事的不寻常之处在于它违背了这一经典规律。这位昔日的“新民主党人”如今成了民主党自上世纪80年代以来最进步的美国总统候选人，他在福利问题上态度强硬，对犯罪分子甚至更加严厉。
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