it is also by the way encouraging a return to what the american norm was for most of american history go watch a summer movie from the 80s most likely the villains will be what scott calls the Upper Class and the heroes will be blue collar
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actually scotts post is simply the plot of They Live pictured: the multiracial working class coalitionpic.twitter.com/1qZGidxTgW
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pictured: the Expert Classpic.twitter.com/vWeJ4829cV
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the tropes are just lying around for a political entrepreneur to pick up and if i wanted to go to war with the expert class as a politician I would simply make my entire staff watch They Live five times straight until they got the message
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eigenrobot Retweeted big pharma hater
its not just They Live of course watch any movie from the 80s. most likely it will feature scrappy neerdowells teaming up to take on some entitled pricks trying to steal their summer camp and/or wifehttps://twitter.com/lehospitalrule/status/1365067280548327424?s=19 …
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the true villain of ghostbusters was not a sumerian death god. it was that besuited, arrogant, bureaucratic Expert, walter peck (dickless) of the EPA a man whose passion was flexing on some buddies who were just trying to start a business. and save Americapic.twitter.com/r9b1Blr1PL
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anyway idk reagan pulled this off. not sure it could be done today and I assume that there are reasons it is not being done. and of course there would be incredibly stupid downsides. but if i were a democrat i would probably consider how to not be vulnerable to this asap glhf
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postscript.
@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 …7 replies 0 retweets 45 likesShow this thread -
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I seem to recall that Mickey Kaus was on this beat in the '90s
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hm @kausmickey trouble you to confirm or deny?
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I think it's what my book is about.https://www.amazon.com/End-Equality-Second-Mickey-Kaus/dp/0465098290 …
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