Not sure how that helps. Trump got in despite being incredibly unpopular. What is undermining credibility of left? What are voters saying?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @B_Y_3
Why did Trump appeal at all? Plenty of analyses on his 'politically incorrect' persona. Much evidence of people wanting to punish liberals.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @B_Y_3
If you think identity politics & a failure to discuss Islamism is not undermining the left, I don't know what to say to you.
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Uh, voter data helps explain how voters voted? The political apathy of American (51% turnout) hardly characterizes a culture on the brink of
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Replying to @B_Y_3 @HPluckrose
Civil war. Nearly half of all Americans can't be bothered.
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That's not the claim tho. We just wrote a manifesto about how the majority of people aren't ideological extremists.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @B_Y_3
But there is something that tipped the balance this time. Not just in the US. The surge to the right is happening all over Europe.
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The rise of populism & pushback against 'political correctness.' There are a lot of sources in here re: the US. https://www.allthink.com/1318648
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Replying to @HPluckrose @B_Y_3
And you're right that the difference is very small. Increasing credibility of the left even a tiny bit likely to avoid a second Trump term.
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I'm not willing to sacrifice being reasonable to "defeat trump"
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Good! Then you'll not support far-leftism or far-rightism but uphold consistently liberal principles of treating ppl as individuals.
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