Anti-government libertarianism has always been about the desire of white people to be unencumbered by the burdens of a social contract 1/x
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Replying to @DanteAtkins
2/x but now, these same formerly anti-government white conservatives have seen just what anti-government libertarianism creates long-term
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Replying to @DanteAtkins
Anti-govt libertarians Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (among others) pushed globalization?
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Replying to @emptywheel @DanteAtkins
I mean, I agree, in general, w/your end argument. But Dems need to understand that Dem-branded globalization is a problem.
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that's basically what i'm arguing. GOP is shifting their brand against that, and we can't be stuck holding that bag.
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Replying to @DanteAtkins
And I'm suggesting that Rust Belt voters HAVE GOOD REASON, both recent (KORUS) and not, to consider that a Dem brand.
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Replying to @emptywheel
that's totally fair, and it showed up big time in 2016. i'm not arguing that, at all. both Trump and Sanders hit on that point.
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FWIW, you also might think abt how word "sovereignty" being mobilized by far right in interesting ways.
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