I saw most of the SOTU and the Dem response. They were each in their own way fairly standard political fare. Trump, of course, is no alt-righter and is trying to sell a little bit of Trumpism to the middle. At least civic nationalism is a whole lot better than the Dem option.
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No mainstream politician will take on the core antidiscrimination values any time soon, but they can still appeal to patriotism &American interests. Trade deals and immigration need to be in Americans' interests, etc. Most people still believe in the possibility of national unity
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I liked the part about getting drug prices down, presumably by loosening up FDA regulations. I'm glad he's taking a look at it, and I think it's likely to work.
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The Dem response was basically, "we'll all win if we just try to be good people". Rather than thinking about incentives, progressives are still assuming that people really all want to cooperate. It sounds nice but doesn't really work out.
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