1. At the risk of being reductive, my disagreement here is that I think base is more important than superstructure, that material realities (including the social relations they create) are more important ideology. In sum, existence precedes essence. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1247930492286111746 …
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5. If you are under 45, your adult experience of the United States consists of Bush/Gore, 9/11, Iraq & Afghanistan fiasco, Katrina meltdown, 2008 meltdown, slow and partial recovery, Trump, and now COVID-19 fuck ups & new depression.
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6. So Biden does have an enthusiasm problem, one that is particularly acute among the very voters who were more likely to sit out 2016 or voted third party: young voters (including young POC), former Democrats in rural areas,
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7. I took a dive into Biden's enthusiasm problem by talking to activists in Pennsylvania who have spent the last few years trying to win back the marginal voters drifting away from the Democrats. Worth listening to them!https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrat-pa-biden-problem/ …
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Oh, it certainly works -- for the 1%. The rest of us, not so much...
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I am over 45 and it’s pretty clear to me America is failing.
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58 here. America has not worked for me during my life time, and it hasn't worked for other disabled people, either. When you make these analyses, you're erasing huge swaths of the population.
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Am 60 and have been watching the horror of the Overton Window shift like a slow-motion train wreck for the past 40 years.
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Having lived through, and strongly resisted, the Reagan era, I’m not sure that this part actually reflects the conditions that existed for many over 45s. Unless, for arguments sake you’re trimming the margins.
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If Chapo endorses Biden they will lose their audience and Biden won't gain a single vote.
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