SInNYC
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« on: July 20, 2021, 11:24:31 AM » |
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« edited: July 20, 2021, 11:35:28 AM by SInNYC »
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2016 is actually the best case for the left if Ds have to lose a single election. Pre-Trump, Ds were a neoliberal party, Bernie was a nutty gadfly, and all Rs and some Ds denounced any policies helping workers as class warfare.
None of these are true today, and I attribute it to Trump's victory won largely because he claimed to represent those harmed by these issues. Ds are talking about international labor/consumer/environmental standards instead of ISDS. Bernie is heading the budget committee in charge of deciding the nation's priorities. Even Rs dont mouth the mantra "class warfare" every time something helping people gets debated. And Romney would have kept his party as sane as possible, unlike Trump. And maybe its not so bad that we recognize that we are not some unique beacon of democracy after the insurrection.
I also see the Supreme Court being 6-3 or 5-4 with Federalist Society judges, so not a huge difference from today.
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