2. The Tammany reference is interesting because Obama's own rise involved navigating through and making deals with one of the last of the old-time political machines, the Daley machine in Chicago.
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3. Obama portrays Tammany Hall style ward politics as a corrupt, tribal enterprise at odds with liberalism. But the contrary is true: Tammany helped organize marginal voters & teach them to make demands as citizens, paving way for New Deal. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-obama-tammany-jobs/ …
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Particularly interesting as we see with Biden (and Trump prior), clearly just a giant patronage machine.
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"Using political power to do things is like being a Tammany Hall boss"
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This was, I think, how obama viewed the world
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Which is bananas because Tammany Hall politics is basically far superior to kleptocracies and feudal/oligarchy-style political systems.
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Obama resents the narrow and limited view of the world held by ward bosses & local politicians, but at the end of the day an individual voter will appreciate it a lot more if his nephew gets a job as a city hall clerk more than his council member’s support for a transparency law
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Tammany would be a big improvement over neoliberal austerity!
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