51 sats \ 7 replies \ @kepford 12 Nov \ on: Requiem for a Broken Progressive Dream (Joakim Book, The Daily Economy, AIER) econ
Its hard for me to agree with this. Its not the end of the war. But I don't see how it isn't any kind of win. As you point out, nothing has yet changed but we did see the defeat of Harris and this is an even bigger defeat for the corporate press. I call that a victory. Hopefully one of many to come.
Yes. These are things that I am not very optimistic about Trump actually fixing. I'd love to be wrong though and the fact that Ron Paul's name is even being mentioned. Same for Thomas Massey and a few others like Joel Salatin is positive and I consider that a win. The fact that this election has elicited immediate changes in stances of powers in two conflicts is good.
Any time we see neocons lose that's a win. I want to see a world with less war. I don't co-sign the Republican party or Trump but I want to see less war mongers in Washington with real power.
Of course these are my opinions. Not yours.
I also see it as a win, if only because I think the corporate press and the democratic party needs repudiation. If they didn't get the rebuke they deserved, it would validate their tactics and they'd continue down their destructive path.
Trump may or may not end up being good for classical liberal causes, but the path the Democratic Party and their media allies were heading down needed a course correction.
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Thanks for sharing, friend.
Yeahz, I don't have much to quibble with here. This was written for a very different audience than the based peeps here on SN
we will see what he does. I am indeed relieved that it wasn't the other -- verifiably worst schmucks -- but still, politicians are politicians
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And I mean this is a good way. One of the many reasons I rarely talk politics or economics with people in my life is that they don't have interesting thoughts on the topics. At best they repeat what they have been fed from media. They haven't read or thought deeply about these things. If I'm gonna disagree with people I'd rather learn something from the discussion than feel like I'm talking to a NPC.
And I say that with love. Some days I wish I didn't think about these topics and cared less. Found them less interesting. Life would be simpler.
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I'm curious what kind of wild different responses you got and where you posted them.
I imagine most of what we talk about here on SN would get shouted down on Reddit
Indeed, they need repudiation. Honestly, their tactics seem to me less effective over time. We are fully in a crisis of authority era and its their fault. Its a good thing but I don't think they are learning the right lessons. That's also good. Let them further destroy their credibility.
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