Where does this Received Wisdom come from that Bloomberg is a 'centrist' candidate. What exactly is more 'centrist' about him than e.g. Warren. The tax thing? She muses about a (fictional, unconstitutional) tax & he doesn't, they agree on everything else, hence he's 'centrist'?
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Replying to @soncharm
'Centrist' seems to mean the same zombie-neoliberal rehashed policies of yesteryear which gave rise to the current social fissuring, lack of confidence in the establishment, Trump, Bernie.
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Replying to @synderlicnes
i guess, but if so, then Warren's a 'centrist' too. (which of those policies is she not gonna continue?)
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Replying to @soncharm
She is, for the most part, yes. Other than her stated goal of increasing wealth redistribution, she would undoubtedly be a return the same old trajectory.
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Replying to @synderlicnes
yup, so that’s my point, I don’t see a huge diff b/t her and Bloomberg. or Biden for that matter. Just rhetoric, and personality, and stuff like that, which doesn’t actually mean their Presidencies would do different stuff.
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Replying to @soncharm
Agree and this is probably why I am so perplexed by any human being becoming at all excited for any of the nonBernie DNC candidates.Only the hype differs. An aside: Trump was the first candidate I ever saw where I thought something other than the window dressing could change.
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Replying to @synderlicnes @soncharm
Bernie is no different unless you believe in Marxism - that the (D)s are engaged in some kind of plot to prevent real, working communism b/c they're controlled by the capitalists. Reality - they're the administrators of how a communist state actually has to function in reality.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @soncharm
Well he at least nominally has a different disposition towards liberalism and capitalism than the rest is what I mean. I don't think he would be able to make any meaningful changes, of course, but he presents something other than minor, hollow tweaks to a broken machine.
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Replying to @synderlicnes @soncharm
He doesn't because Marxism is a coordination mechanism for a conspiracy and not a way to actually govern. How do you tweak USG to give more stuff to its clients? It already gives more than is long term sustainable. It already drives out any industry based on fixed capital.
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For it's bioleninist clients it's already burned down cities - it's given away so much (non-tangible) stuff that people have moved away from its clients b/c they're legally empowered to do *anything*.
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