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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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= …
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