"It's bad when centrists do X, it's so cynical, you know they don't really mean it yikes cringe etc" This endorses the logic of X, ascribing normative weight to "pure" usage and condemning cynical deployment. But cynical vs pure is idealistic drivel. Politicians want power.
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Replying to @aimeeterese
Look at it this way: You want a set of rules, right? Everyone does. Systems emerge from the rules that constrain them. How could we constrain a movement in such a way that it prevents capture by allies of the working class learning the right sort of language and attitude?
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Replying to @NewAmer84173836 @aimeeterese
Again, Hegel. I like the US constitution a lot, no plans to redraft it, but the movement that has come to challenge liberalism has grown out of liberalism itself. Genie doesn't go back in the bottle.
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Bizarre prognosis. We'll see!
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