#Populist

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

I feel like populist centrists and classical liberals (however defined) have a great deal look forward to, should Dems win it all. I don’t know why they can’t see it.

Anti-Bullshit Alien

LennieMerrick1

El Dorado, UK: a thread, because apparently there are still people dumb enough to need one.There is still at least one person - Allan here - who genuinely thinks that

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Tom Cotton is either (A) a racist moron who doesn't understand the advantages of bringing the best and brightest to the US to study and then either stay here, or

Dallas Jokic

DallasJokic

There was a lot of discussion yesterday about the relationship between the so-called ‘dirtbag left’ and fascism. I don’t have a strong opinion on the particular thread in question but

Anna Orridge🌱🌍🖋

orridge_anna

A lot of mutuals are expressing despair about British politics, and I don't want to chide or contradict anyone, because I don't know what your life is like or how

Briahna Joy Gray

briebriejoy

Many liberals are committed to the idea that progressivism will fail bc WWC voters are too racist to ever vote for populist economic policies, & will reject ‘what’s good for

Michael Salamone

MichaelSalamone

I can only speak for myself, but for me, Bernie WAS the compromise. I won't compromise FOR Bernie. He can Zoom w/Joe all he likes. I can not in good

Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

The great irony of the inept response to this pandemic by the British government - a government inaccurately & tendentiously conceptualised by ultra-Remainers as ‘populist’ - is not that

Thao Nguyen

nguyenthevote

many wonder if the big trends of the trump era—working-class whites becoming solid red, latinos moving right, suburban whites moving left—will continue once he leaves office the answer is yes

Joshua Tait

Joshua_A_Tait

A friend asked me why so many conservatives reflexively back the police while fearing the state. Aren’t the police armed representatives of the state? I’m gonna work this into something

ClearingTheFog

clearing_fog

-Thread-There is a lot of confusion around this news that Trump is considering a plan to appoint “loyal” electors in battleground states, to try to ensure the Electoral College goes

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Trump was incompetent at his brand of authoritarianism, and he lost. But this isn't a triumph: the Democrats lost almost everything else. Make no mistake, about what's coming: The next

Tyler Quick

fakeTylerQuick

If Trumpian fascism is the natural terminus point of neoliberal capitalism, I don't think it should be controversial to say that originalist girlboss Amy Coney Barrett was an expected (even

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

Coronavirus was the last thing our extremely fragile, febrile democracies needed and I'm not sure they're going to make it. Future historians:"The great pandemic of 2020-2022 swept across a world

Andrew J. Willshire

ajwillshire

I have a theory about the PM's resilience in the polls despite current "difficulties"...An awful lot of voters like him personally. They don't kid themselves about his honesty. They've known

Warren Kinsella

kinsellawarren

TEN MORE OPTIMISTIC PANDEMIC PREDICTIONS. Here goes. 1. People will treat each other in a truly neighborly way. It’s already happening. 2. People will find creative ways to socialize while