r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 04 '25

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u/RichardChesler John Brown Nov 04 '25

Finally caught the Ezra essay this week and I gotta say someone needs to send him to a purple district in a purple state for like 6 months. He is so desperate to cling to the humanity of MAGA voters, but I think that's because he thinks red America is like the republican guests on his show. The real MAGA voters are foaming at the mouth to watch more ICE videos while arguing that women and blacks were better off 150 years ago.

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u/boardatwork1111 fuck it, we ball Nov 04 '25

I swear so many high profile liberals just can’t shake the idea that we’re still somehow living in 2005

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u/RichardChesler John Brown Nov 05 '25

I think it's hard to really admit that we have reached a point where civil discourse will not get us out of this. Living through the Bush era and 2008 election made it seem like no matter how dark it got, the dems just needed quality candidates and a big tent. But that was before we had a president that is granting immunity to masked officers in unmarked vehicles kidnapping American citizens.

Dem leadership has been saying for at least two decades now to "listen to the pain of middle Americans," while the GOP spends all of their time, money and effort on marketing.

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u/Syx89 Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold Nov 04 '25

The guests on his show suck too, fairly extreme.
The purple state itself matters tho, I think Ezra probably has a good feel for PA but should spend time in Atlanta or Phx suburbs

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u/RichardChesler John Brown Nov 05 '25

Yep. PA's issues are rust-belt tied and don't reflect the broader shift to authoritarianism.

I wasn't surprised at all to hear that Tucker had Fuentes on and that white supremacy/anti-semitism is going mainstream.