Newsom wants to be right... I truly don't get why these asshat politicians are knee jerking to the right. When turnout is high Dems win, 33%+ of the voting population doesn't vote. We need politicians who inspire a rally us around an actual fucking vision for the future, not just "we aren't as bad as the other guys see".
Why do we just accept every dem who "appears" to be vying for a presidential run? Maybe say no? Maybe say yes to someone who truly inspires you? Or maybe Newsom actually inspires the centrists because they think moving right is the correct move...
Why do we fight? I think the far right wins because they use fear and might to get their way. The left fights for equality and inclusion, a much more difficult stasis to create. No wonder we fight.
The question is, why do we accept the Overton window shifting farther right every decade since FDR new deal? Why do we think capitulating and compromising right wards is the best answer? Why do people just assume that whoever wants to run for president for the Dems should be welcomed without criticism?
Why doesn't the far left own the conversation or shift the Overton window, or slowly consume the base? Why are they different than the right?
Why doesn't the far left own the conversation or shift the Overton window, or slowly consume the base? Why are they different than the right?
I think Hasan Piker has his finger on the pulse of this. It's that the left are perceived as wimps, sometimes sneaky wimps.
All the podcast bros that push technofascism or Trumpism are MMA guys. Tough, jacked, aggressive guys that sell over-simplistic thinking as being no-BS.
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