This will clear up your confusion about neoliberalism:

North Korea and Cuba are not “closer to Marx’s vision of socialism” in any way; Marx’s vision of socialism was entirely dependent on democracy—the extension of democratic control from the political sphere only to the economy.

Minneapolis is deeply red? I like Ellison, but c’mon.

Any poll that doesn’t control for name recognition is garbage.

http://observer.com/2016/10/2006-audio-emerges-of-hillary-clinton-proposing-rigging-palestine-election/?show=all

“Many great candidates have lost to fascists through history because their quality mattered less to the masses than ignorance and prejudice.”

That’s a fascinating explanation of Bernie’s massive margins among people under 30 of all genders and races.

The moral victory is winning the popular vote, obviously.

The source of the dislike may be bullshit, it may be sexism, but there’s no question that Hillary was running as the second most unpopular presidential candidate in history—second to Trump. She won the moral victory of the popular vote, but that doesnt change the fact that it was a mistake to nominate her.

But is that a good thing? Or should we do something to stop it? “Other people have raped and pillaged, so it’s no big deal if we do it too” is a pretty profoundly disgusting worldview.

Here’s a more useful fact about the election outcome: Trump over performed the most in counties with the highest drug, alcohol and suicide mortality rates

If she won MI and WI, she still would have lost.

She lost. That makes her a bad candidate. You might like her, there are good reasons to like her, but if someone can lose an election to Cheeto Hitler, they are a bad candidate by definition.

Wait, so Bernie is a craven politician according to some of those stories, but hopelessly idealistic and unrealistic according to others? Which is it? It’s almost like you’re throwing both against a wall to see which sticks.

Turns out the best candidate who could have won was Bernie.

So if we lost, then Canada would be justified in turning Detroit into a garbage dump? Are you sure you want to advocate a “might makes right,” “to the victor go the spoils” world?

Did you reply to the wrong post? I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Voting is important. But I stand by this: “let’s not pat ourselves on the back too hard for taking the minimal step of pulling a lever.”

I’m gonna repeat what I said above: I’m gonna Godwin you here: did any Jewish voters who didn’t vote when Hitler was elected forfeit the right to complain when they were sent to the gas chamber? Not voting to stop Trump was a mistake, and it’s fine to point that out. But let’s not pat ourselves on the back too hard…

Really? That’s the moralistic hill you want to die on? I’m gonna Godwin you here: did any Jewish voters who didn’t vote when Hitler was elected forfeit the right to complain when they were sent to the gas chamber? Not voting to stop Trump was a mistake, and it’s fine to point that out. But let’s not pat ourselves on…