The Senate and the electoral college are set up in such a way that disadvantages the left. So, when you move left in areas that can result in local gains in liberal areas, you risk the Senate and you risk the electoral college. And I think you know this, so I'm not going to go into detail on it unless you insist on pressing the fantasy that somehow a big heave-ho left would be uniformly politically advantageous. And no, it doesn't matter that left-wing policies are actually popular with the general public because the general public does not decide who runs the country, a small group of voters in states with outsize representation in the Senate and the electoral college do. — Baden
I think the Dems need to move back to their roots representing working class people and deal with their problems and recognise class warfare is alive and well and show the GOP is selling them out at every turn they can. — Benkei
I think you know I don't think you're a nutjob. And it's not about what I think anyway, it's about what can and can't be done in a hostile political environment. My disagreement is not fundamentally with your principles but with your approach. — Baden
Now that justifies loud and forceful pushback. — Baden
Can we discuss tactics without morally condemning others? — Benkei
which began well before the election, btw, almost as soon as Biden won the nomination. — 180 Proof
Quite, anti-semitism is a reliable dog whistle because of the holocaust, it's so easy to slam Labour with it because all the conspiracy theories around Jews controlling the western world. Corbyn was an easy target because of his back catalogue of activism.
And that's before we get into the conflicts of interest in the EHRC. Who refused to investigate Bojo's party for islamophobia despite being presented with much stronger evidence that it was happening.
Agreed. So stop 'titling at swastikas' for a couple of months and wait to see, like the rest of us on the barracades, what modes of critical resistance will be needed in response to Biden's policies and state actions after he's sworn in next year.Frankly, given Biden's 40+ year record of fucking people over, I've begun much too late. — StreetlightX
Nice, we can put out the trash can now.Btw, tr45h LOSES GEORGIA AGAIN. :victory: :mask:
It's fun watching him lose the election every day. — Michael
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