A lot of people are confused right now about what the Left is doing to Alex Morse and why. And understandably so. But it’s a really instructive case for understanding what is happening on the Left in this moment. What’s happening is confusing for two reasons:
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First, it's such an extreme act of political self-sabotage. Alex is the Left's chance to unseat one of the most powerful corporate-backed politicians in Congress, replace him with a young exciting progressive, and send shockwaves throughout the political system
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The other reason its confusing is that the Left is doing this by adopting a conservative puritanical culture that aims to regulate personal behavior, which has always been more associated w/ the Right and something that the Left traditionally fought against in the political arena
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