2. I mean, what exactly is the point of getting involved in politics? If it's to advance some exercise power to achieve actual goals but just to win elections without changing much, then why not go into some other, more rewarding line of work?
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3. One reason I'm predisposed to like Shor does open the path for turning bad service politics into the direction where it has to actual deliver the goods: not just talk about what's popular but do it ("deliverism" as
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4. (Tangentially, this is why somber invocations of Weber & the ethics of responsibility miss the mark. Weber's politics came from an honor culture where there was emotional investment in stakes. Dem operatives are in sales culture of careerism. The Duel versus The Office).
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5. For more on the promise and peril of "popularism" and its narrow view of politics, I sat down with
@bellye66 for a little chat:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/podcast-david-shors-popularism?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source= …Show this thread
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When the only other viable option is dedicated to shafting 94+% of the ‘buyers?’
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please do not say the nonsense word "shorism"
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If that word has no meaning, how do I know what it means?
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Older republicans talked crazy but acted corporate, and eventually their base demanded that they actually deliver the crazy. Now we have older democrats who've talked progress for ages but acted corporate and the base has had enough.
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Voters are not the "customer" we are the "product" The billionaires are the customer and the parties compete to deliver us, our consent, to their agenda
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Can you define “shorism”? Not just “ideas by shor” but what those are in any coherent way?
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