This is precisely why I harp on the negative influence of reactionary centrists so often: Exaggerating the radicalism of the left gives voters permission to support the radicalism of the right.
If both candidates are deranged fascist liars, why not support the one that's gonna cut your taxes?
If both candidates are deranged fascist liars, why not support the one that's gonna cut your taxes?
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Of course, not all of them felt this way. Niall Ferguson, for example, projected a serene confidence that I found somewhat shocking
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It looks like throwing vulnerable populations under the bus for votes.
When Neil, tell it to my job, rent and wallet when this will be reversed.
Ferguson is smart enough to know better, but people who don't follow politics think the choice is far murkier than it is.
got any thoughts based on that for the next go-round, or nah
[millions die who would have been alive under a Harris Presidency, the civil service is eviscerated, the economy craters under a mad king and one party rule]
“See, the Dems are complicit”
The second mistake is thinking anyone at Stanford would admit fault when they are wrong.
You can't make all these countries go back to treating the US like a preferred trading partner when we lost our goddamned minds in this particular way.
Other countries aren't stupid.
Which has the same result.
https://bsky.app/profile/dreamweasel.bsky.social/post/3lmcn3ybxcc2u
Damn them all for taking the fun out of being told I was right.