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Israel has literally stopped all aid to Gaza and there’s been no pushback from the WH. Rather, there’s a threat of extermination - that never happened under Biden. To think that Trump is better for Palestinians requires mental gymnastics and not caring at all for the wellbeing of Palestinians.
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First, the ceasefire was under Biden - as well as the political pressure to avoid killing civilians. Second, Trump has literally threatened to kill them all if hostages are not released - a position Biden never took. Are you really sure Trump is better for Palestinians?
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Do you actually believe that Trump’s and Biden’s policy towards Gaza are the same? That it makes no tangible difference to the lives of Palestinians living in Gaza?
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The proof that he’s not “pure” is that as late as July 2015 he publicly stating they "I identify with some things as a Democrat”.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
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Rather than focusing on purity, right wing grassroots focused on results. Billionaires tagging along is the consequence, not the cause of MAGA. Meanwhile, progressives have shunned goals, prioritising instead virtue signalling and ideological purity debates.
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Trump is not a natural vessel for the right - close to Dems, pro-abortion, liberal lifestyle. However, pragmatic conservatives (evangelicals in particular) saw in him the possibility to achieve their political aims. They propelled Trump’s political career, not billionaires that later tagged along.
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Brief history of Musk’s political donations
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
A refresher on the overwhelming support for Hilary from businesses and the rich
fortune.com/2016/06/23/5...
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That’s always been the case. The real question is if we have leaders or ersatz pundits in power.
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Proving my point: virtue signalling over better outcomes for Palestinians. The active sabotage of Biden with this kind of rhetoric not only has helped bring about Trump but also made it difficult to differentiate between their policies, putting Palestinians in an even more dangerous position.
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Trump is actually a great example of how grassroots right-wingers were able to pragmatically organise around a candidate shunned by “the rich”. “the rich” have progressively swung towards Trump as he beat their successive candidate choices - Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.
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I think it reflects each group’s priorities. The Right tends to be goal-oriented while the Left tends to focus on virtue signalling their moral superiority. Rightwing voters and leaders are pragmatic enough to vote Trump to advance their goals, leftwing ones called Biden genocide Joe.
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Pls be the long awaited post GFC rebound we’ve been promised for a decade+ 🤞
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We have finally found the real culprit!
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Nominal GDP is useless. Russia’s estimated PPP GDP is about 80% of the combined UK and French ones. Not only does it spend 6% of GDP on the military, but there’s also a myriad of quasi-fiscal expenditures. Thankfully, the regime is utterly corrupt, but we better not underestimate the challenge.
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As basic as it is effective
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Does she even realise that she’s accusing King Charles III of not being really English?
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International development money *may* assist in defence goals but it most definitely is not defence spending.
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This feels quite dangerous. Musk might be forced to do all kinds of things to get a pardon. He’s the owner of SpaceX and Starlink, two companies vitally important for US strategic interests.
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Up or down was the Cameron-Osborne framing. It’s odd how progressives have mostly either internalised that framing or talked about tax policy as part of class warfare (tax the rich). Except for (S)EIS, we have lost the ability to see tax policy as a powerful tool to shape society through incentives.
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🎯
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I think a lot of commentators are failing to appreciate the value of credibility and the cost of losing it - with voters and businesses. Not to mention that there’s potentially a progressive way to raise taxes and incentivise growth: replace SDLT and council tax with a land tax.
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That was intense in a way I don’t remember having experienced in podcast format before. Thanks for sharing.
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These headlines just feed the generalised perception that environmentalism comes at the expense of jobs and opportunities. It’s a gotcha that chips away at your own coalition. What an odd strategy to employ.
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🤞
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They’re seem to be unbelievably irredeemable
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Maybe I’m just daft, but I struggle to clearly distinguish between political and policy decisions (ad hoc/immediate/short term vs long term?)
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Besides pointing out that Trussite ideas on growth were poorly conceived, what did he get right? His supposedly main achievement, furlough, was too fraud-prone, expensive and may have left us lagging economically.