Definitely some wisdom to this.
But also Democrats would in fact do better if progressives intellectuals, funders, and activists behaved consistently as if they knew this.
But also Democrats would in fact do better if progressives intellectuals, funders, and activists behaved consistently as if they knew this.
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Chris Hayes
One of the pathologies you see in a lot of punditry/discourse is some implicit assumption that in a deep sense Democrats *should* win every election and when they don’t it shows how bad they are, or how annoying libs are of whatever. But America’s a pretty conservative place!
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But really, it's probably more about the post-pandemic hangover than the relatively conservative electorate.
(I think you would think progressives have been running the table!)
They’re voting Republican because they’re voting to have their bigotry validated