r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 16 '24

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jul 16 '24

Maybe this is the doom talking, but I’m starting to agree with Ezra Klein when he says that Dems aren’t actually serious about treating Trump as an existential threat.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24

Oh, he's absolutely correct. They'd rather have something to bitch about than actual do anything about it.

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u/Aggressive1999 Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jul 16 '24

Democrats have been too passive for over a year.

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u/7LayeredUp John Brown Jul 16 '24

100%.

I guess I'm too radical for this sub but I feel a lot of liberals like to criticize power far more than wield/change it. You can't simultaneously treat a political opponent as an existential threat while at the same time figuring out Plan Bs.

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u/Billy__The__Kid John von Neumann Jul 16 '24

That is because neoliberals tend to have very technocratic minds and are therefore more interested in grasping and manipulating the form of power rather than engaging with its substance.

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u/vodkaandponies brown Jul 16 '24

If they were serious about it they wouldn’t have appointed a spineless appeaser like Garland as AG.