a funny thing about being someone who scoffs at the idea of "pushing Biden left," is that you then have to assume everything decent Biden does is his own decision, and not the result of years of left organizing that has shifted the terrain and changed the incentives.https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1369341211039961095 …
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i dunno Danny, seems like the "left" project of the past few years (at least the Bernie-centric one) has basically been about restoring midcentury new deal liberalism. not saying that's sufficient; it's not. but it's true.
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that seems right to me, but isn't exactly responsive to my argument.
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But Bernie's goal also New Deal restoration?
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What I'm saying is wha difference does it make if Bernie is president or not, if his goal was same framework as Biden is working under?
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because bernie was never the end goal and if we're running different candidates we should choose ones that are closer to the real goals of the left.
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There's a lot more Bernie could do if he won (which is why I supported Bernie) but there's also a basic framework and conjuncture that remains the same, which calls for the same response no matter which Dem is in power.
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New Deal Restoration in context of a party divided between existing centrist wing and insurgent social democracy in a fraying empire.
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