1. The amount of nonsense in this tweet is really astonishing. McGovern didn't lose because of his economic policy but Nixon used Feds to turbo-charge economy & create false boom (which quickly deflated after Nixon re-elected)https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1188083974146592774 …
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4. Maybe the one salient lesson from 1972 is that if a left candidate runs, establishment Dems will go out of their way to sabotage the campaign (LBJ told Nixon he preferred him to McGovern). In that sense, Summers tweet is a threat.https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1188083974146592774 …
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5. Also, any statement Larry Summers makes against wealth tax has to be weighed against fact he benefits from current inequality since as university major-domo he was showered with plutocratic largess. Addendum: Here's a photo of Summers with Jeffrey Epstein.pic.twitter.com/g8wyG4Ox0r
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@AndrewYang is the only candidate seriously discussing legalizing marijuana and de criminalizing opiates. Yang is the most progressive candidate with the most progressive platform -
Not even close, but nice try.
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I am part of that generation. Cast my first vote for McGovern. Members of my cohort irrationally fear any comparison. Has hamstrung dem policy ever since.
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Also note that decriminalization of drugs, an end to the war, and reproductive rights were all clearly correct policies.
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I rather doubt Democratic politicians were advocating drug legalization in 1972? Or even that abortion divided cleanly along party lines, before the Southern Strategy and the Great Realignment fully blossomed? Nixon ran against everyone conservatives hate, more than against Dems.
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