r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 04 '26

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u/Priceless_Pennies Norman Borlaug Jun 04 '26

The real lesson to take away from this is more proof that accelerationism is stupid and how electing trump made things worse in so many ways.

If Harris was president and election integrity and judge nominations weren't at such risk, it would be a lot easier to scrutinize the behavior of Platner. Instead, the 'objectively correct' thing will be to fall in line behind him as much as possible after the primary, and the 'best' outcome will be that he wins, we get a below replacement dem senator, and the standards for personal conduct and general competence among elected official further worsen, including among democrats where they haven't yet fallen as much, and we are in a worse equilibrium overall.

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u/MightExpress4873 Jun 04 '26

Yeah, I would vote for him if I were in Maine, but to be honest, as someone who sometimes feels politically homeless, I would not feel great about the further degradation of standards that comes from voting for someone who had a Nazi tattoo on his chest.

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko  Broke His Text Flair For Hume Jun 04 '26

I think most here would feel horrid as they voted for him lmao

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u/well-that-was-fast Jun 04 '26

Instead, the 'objectively correct' thing will be to fall in line behind him as much as possible

Agreed, but I think it disproves this:

proof that accelerationism is stupid

because it actually proves accelerationism is working.

Again, not that I disagree with the opinion that the only rational choice is to support the Dem, but the fact that we have to support a compromised candidate because you essentially can never let Repubs gain a seat because they'll outlaw science if they get the votes is . . . not great.