This is going to be a fascinating experiment in policy feedback - it’s very clear that the link between real world material policy and political views has been greatly weakened. But to what extent, and how bad do things need to get to break through the media environments? We’ll see…
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And this ecosystem is dominated by right leaning voices
This is one of our biggest challenges and I haven't really come across good ideas/solutions
No, I think they are going to let us twist in the wind for a bit even after we try to turn this off
So, good luck to the Trump team spinning that one.
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“What we don’t want to do is overreach,”“
Good luck with that Thom!
Two years after 2008, the Tea Party swept into power with nothing but the same culture war bullshit and crocodile tears about deficits.
A progressive democrat wave will only push the can down the road, billionaires will never give up unless we destroy them before they can destroy us
The only way I see this working is with a total realignment to the left (which is the only thing that will stop this) and Dems will not do it ever. Best case and really the only way to save democracy at this rate is a Dem collapse followed by a quick replacement party
there are signs the info pathways are trying to reform (from a mountain of evidence that they've collapsed)
between the market response and the protests this weekend, I have a feeling a bunch of internal info pathways are about to get a swift kick to reorganize in haste
A lesson is learned, but the damage is irreversible
It's doubling down until we're invading Greenland. Nazi stuff, genuinely.
Americans must rally around their leaders in rocky economic times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community
It's a lot harder to be incensed about the trans woman playing Div III college badminton three states away when you've been out of work six months, your car has being repoed, and your house is at risk of foreclosure.
Or maybe I’m being optimistic.
Unlike COVID, this is 100% on Trump.
Democrats don't like printing dollars for public goods & services that reduce poverty & household reliance on bank loans
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