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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Oct 2021

      Jeet Heer Retweeted ryan cooper

      1. This gets at something very odd about how the Democrats see politics which came out in the debate over Shorism & popularism -- as a service industry where the job is to get as many customers as possible but provide them with the bare minimum to keep their patronage.https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1450447407595016193 …

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      ryan cooperVerified account @ryanlcooper
      treating the integrity of democracy itself as just another annoying interest group (who is going to get betrayed) is an extreme case of Democrat Brain https://twitter.com/PeterAtlantic/status/1449714166441381889 …
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Oct 2021

      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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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Oct 2021

          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 @ddayen says).

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Oct 2021

          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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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Oct 2021

          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= …

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Oct 2021
          Replying to @davidsirota

          Yeah, but even on its own terms thats a lot of work for meager results. I mean you can achieve those goals by other means.

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        1. John McCollum‏ @john_mccollum 19 Oct 2021
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          Indeed. I once fancied a career in politics but watched people with far more power than me fail to advance their agenda meaningfully. Ended up in non-profit work and have seen lives saved and communities transformed.

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        1. Adalaid Rothhold‏ @ellesu 19 Oct 2021
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          $$$$

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        1. Ian MacIntyre‏ @MrIanMacIntyre 19 Oct 2021
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          Ego. Politicians like this get to tell themselves they're powerful and "making a difference", while also accepting the inevitable politically-connected lucrative rewards as just something they deserve for their public service.

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        2. Helvering Davis‏ @low_tex 19 Oct 2021
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          Get into politics to: 1. Prevent the Right from doing bad things 2. Changes things in a small way that benefits a small number of people. Sometimes that's the best we can do.

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