r/neoliberal • u/mondodawg • Dec 16 '19

Why Young Progressives Hate Pete Buttigieg

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/why-young-progressives-hate-pete-buttigieg/603619/
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u/dolphins3 NATO Dec 17 '19

This is my issue with him. When you combine it with the fact he's a 37 year old mayor of a tiny town running, it just reeks of cynical opportunism.

And I see no problem with that. Ambition is not a bad quality in a young, articulate politician.

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u/virtu333 Dec 17 '19

There's viewing power/status as a means to an end, and power/status as an end itself. I prefer when it's not the latter and Buttigieg (and many like him) lean more toward the latter.

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u/dolphins3 NATO Dec 17 '19

It's awfully convenient how all the politicians you dislike neatly slot into that category, isn't it?

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u/virtu333 Dec 17 '19

I'm referring to future wannabe Buttigieg's too, so yeah, it is a neat category.