He shows more understanding of 2016 than Hillary "What Happened" Clinton did as far as I'm concerned. It's not just about his predictive prowess, but that he sees beyond "we're the good guys, they're the bad guys, we're going to win cause we're good and good eventually wins".
I am not a huge Beto fan (at least for his presidential bid) and think his campaign is pretty self-indulgent so far, but for christ's sake, why does everyone have to make a statement "taking ownership of their words" that were spoken when they were teenagers 30 years ago? Have some fortitude and call that shit what it is: not fucking relevant anymore.
Moore's take is that the Democrats lost because they couldn't connect with the white working class that was looking for an outlet for their anger. Which isn't a particularly unique take, nor one that I respect.
Both Moore and the Third Way don't give a shit about actually changing these people before catering to them. The only difference is the method they use to placate the beast. And as an immigrant, the idea that these people should direct the future of the Democratic Party worries me.
Oh I decided they wouldn't be changed regardless, I've given up on them entirely.
I agree they're fucking nuts.
The solution is give them what they want in such a way that it doesn't harm disenfranchised peoples. Pacify them without compromising your moral values.
Ye of counting thine chickens before thine chickens hath hatched
It's not like Trump fared any better against Cruz in Texas. He did considerably worse, actually.
Everyone is going to vote for the dem candidate. The primaries is when we hash things out and push for what we want, not when we settle
I wonder how long that would last with shaping policy primarily around satisfying them. A cursory look at Europe shows all the free health care in the world won't satisfy the folks who want brown people out of the country.
I am already seeing far right memes in support of Andrew Yang for basic income. The GOP fully morphing into the National Socialist Party is a horrifying thought, especially since it is so easy to picture.
This is because they spent the last three centuries being nearly-ethnostates and now they're finally seeing brown people on the regular as a consequence of our interventions in the Middle East that turned it into a warzone its birth residents want to leave. And it's just going to get worse with climate change. Apples and Oranges, I feel. Our white supremacy and oppression is a lot older and deep-seated than the kind gripping Europe.
Yeah I heard about that. Yang is quite annoyed he attracted the 4chan libertarian pepe crowd, supposedly.
I think this is about right. In general, they're edgelords more interested in killing boredom than anything else.
This may be true but I don't feel comfortable just ignoring them even if I'm far from respecting them as can be. I've hated this group since around 2014, and now they're the kind of community turning out people who shoot up mosques and synagogues.
Of course.
