IF ONLY THERE WERE SOME SORT OF ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT COULD HELP US WITH THIS AND MANY OTHER ALIENATING, ANXIETY-INDUCING PROBLEMS WE’RE CURRENTLY FACING. OH WELL.

EPIC

lolakers is better. yours is a more tortured version. just simplify my man

LOL I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

THE POINT ISN’T TO GET RID OF THE INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS BUT TO MAKE THEM IRRELEVANT

Highway DD sounds great but I wouldn’t give it any awards

I see what you’re saying. I guess my point is, given the current situation we find ourselves in, and what happened in 2016 as well, I think we should be looking to do something different and aggressive rather than hem and haw about likability. Also I really like your posting so I wanted to sort of jump in and discuss.

...if we want to move the Overton window to the left, when is the time to do so?

Is there someone running that you both agree with their policies/views and also “like them as a person”? Wasn’t GWB the president you could have a beer with?

well we’ve seen what liking someone but not caring/liking/knowing about their positions got us, why don’t we try going for someone based ONLY on their policy ideas?

EPIC

“Biden could win if he’s challenged for too long” wait what? Also if we want to move the Overton window to the left, when is the time to do so?

You’re awesome.

CAPITALISM FOR ME, NOT FOR THEE

ok let’s do this point by point:

both of those tickets lose to Trump. they’re identical (to the average voter) to the clinton/kaine campaign. we’ve already tried this (center-left politicians who want to focus on norms/decency and vague promises for progress e.g. $12 min wage and AFFORDABLE healthcare rather than M4A) in 2016 and it FAILED.

lol you think harris or booker is going to beat him in a general election. that timeline is looking horrifying

HOW SHOULD SHE HAVE RAISED THE ISSUE WITH AIPAC SPENDING TONS OF MONEY TO BUY ELECTED OFFICIALS WITHOUT MENTIONING THE MONEY PART OF THE EQUATION?

LOVE TOO POST ABOUT ECONOMICS AND PHYSICS (?) WITHOUT ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDING EITHER ONE

where’s that graphic that shows how calls for more progressive candidates during elections is labeled as “divisive” and that everyone should wait for primaries, and then during primaries it’s labeled as “unrealistic” and the focus should be on electability and pragmatism, and round and round we go