General Politics Discussion (III) [ARCHIVED] • Page 745

For Wisconsin, the damage has already been done.

 

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"Barring this scenario, Sanders should let another progressive run and embrace a movement-building role. In this capacity his age would become a boon, a testament to his long and often unrewarded dedication to a broader cause."

Why Bernie Sanders Shouldn’t Run for President Again

 

Georgia GOP Official: The Congressional Baseball Field Shooting Will Win Us The Special Election

 

Lol

I'm telling you the man's brain is decaying at a rapid pace:

 

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This is basically what I've been arguing. The point of class politics isn't to win back over Trump voters, most of whom are high wage earners; rather, the point is to bring out those who have no investment in the system and a bold, left-wing platform could do that:


"According to the Pew Research Center, nonvoters are twice as likely to be people of color than voters are, and more than twice as likely to have a family income under $30,000. Most nonvoters have not attended any college. Almost half say they've had trouble paying their bills in the last year. Only half of them report having a credit card. Ditto a savings account. They're twice as likely to say they borrow money from family and friends.

Nonvoters are far less likely to identify with one of the major parties. And who can blame them? While it's unfair and ill-advised to completely elide the differences between Democrats and Republicans, the fact remains that neither party has a proven track record of robustly demanding and taking consistent steps to ensure that everyone is paid a living wage, has access to health care, has quality public education — even where the provision of those basic goods and services contravenes corporate or donor-class interests. The top 10 percent of American earners are evenly split between Democratic and Republican affiliation, which wouldn't be the case without a shared (which is not to say equal or identical) commitment to resisting wealth redistribution."

Democrats are still obsessed with Jill Stein. They should start obsessing over nonvoters instead.

 

Meet Lyft Shuttle, a new way to commute

 

I was watching choreo of like 12-15yo kids who were dancing to Kendrick. The boy had a Black Dreams Matter hoodie on. I love that. I have never seen it before.

 

No one learns anything

 

"The deeper cause was material: control and propriety are easier to maintain in lush times, and as Western inequality grows in the shadow of an apocalyptic crisis of global ecology, it becomes more and more difficult to suppress radical impulses of all kinds. What became strange, in this new year, was not the behavior of our liberals. That remained the same. What became strange was the world."


The Blathering Superego at the End of History - Los Angeles Review of Books

 

I'm not sure. Maybe he was getting harassed or something.

 

This is something we are working on. Hopefully we get rid of the older crowd when elections occur at the DSA convention.

 

Lawn gnome?

 

landscaper, specialty hedge trimmer