ok I read the scott piece holy shithttps://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-modest-proposal-for-republicans …
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@Noahpinion wrote a similar piece about a decade ago imo its his best work and I still think about it http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/redistribute-wealth-no-redistribute.html?m=1 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It's easy, promise bigger handouts
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people talk a lot about the hollowing out of the middle class seems to me that it's easier to build an anti-elite alliance that includes competent driven people when there's a middle class to draw from ; middle can ally up or down with middle gone, the gulf defines the parties
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this gets to the core of the issue imo which is what exactly is this rebranding meant to accomplish? to me this idea is pleasant like reducing a fraction is pleasant, but is it tactical, strategic, or aesthetic
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Pretty sure the reason it won’t work is that most of the working class self-identifies as middle class, so you can’t just explicitly *say* “working class” and have people think you mean them Trump got around this by conveying “working class” more or less by example
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Ah, bringing up Reagan is a useful point! In They Live, the aliens are explicitly Reaganite stand-ins—there's literally a line of dialogue when a human collaborator describes them as "free enterprisers." Which poses problems for the "keep ppl who are Rs for capitalism" line.
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Caldwell argues that Reagan failed, because the CRA provides endless opportunities for the regulatory state (and thus dominance of overproduced elites suited to run it). EPA etc is a sideshow.
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I mean, the reason it can't be done is literally no 10 people or fewer can do this, it's a huge coordination problem.
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