curious whether leftists attacking mccain after he criticized trump helps or hurts plausible mccain objective of undermining trump. cases:
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Replying to @eigenrobot
1. mccain + those w/ similar mindset see they'll get no support from should-be fellow travelers and say fuck it, fuck these people
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2. mccain + similar are attacked by left, building their cache on right. weird story but maybe fits with caplan model of right politics
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3. mccain and similar don't gaf because they don't need those voters and left will support undermining trump regardless. no effect.
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anyway it seems like bad form on the left to burn potential allies to ingroup signal otoh this is the story of the contemporary left so
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Leftism is defined by opposition to capitalism. I'm unclear on how McCain is a potential ally to that
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Or what an 'ally' against capitalism could even mean
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HUH. do you mind if I ask what you make of this? http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/10/my_simplistic_t.html … obviously pro-market writer, but is story ~correct?
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other question: is opposition to capitalism sole objective of left, or are any other ends seen as desirable?
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seems like trump in many ways more anti-market (eg, on trade) than establishment, should garner left support in this model?
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Not being critical, rather trying to improve my model of how coalitions might form/collapse/etc. Thanks for any thoughts ^^
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