I think it's reasonable to believe that centrist dems are politicians who are not always aboveboard.
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I think the intercept piece is useful in pointing out that left politicians r also generally careerist first, idealists somewhere down list.
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so, left pols are often more interested in using issues to demonize centrists than they are in passing the legislation in question.
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activists should be somewhat skeptical of everybody, rather than demonizing some, seeing others as on their side.
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It's kind of a political version of the Greater Fool theory for "political will"
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"Yes *I* know this bill won't change anything but I need the next voter marginally less informed than me to believe that it will"
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"Once we've raised enough political capital off of the fake bill we can reinvest it in making the real one"
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"We just need the pyramid to not collapse before we get there"
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I don't even necessarily disagree, but it seems like a big risk
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By that same logic you'd need to suppress Dayen's piece for the same reason economic pyramid schemes suppress naysayers
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Can't burst the bubble too early
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