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    Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait Apr 12

    Jonathan Chait Retweeted Dan McLaughlin

    Right, see you think raising the top tax rate is in the same category as not allowing people to vote. (Discrimination against the rich!) That's my whole point. That's how the conservative movement sees the world.https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1381687754225029127 …

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    Dan McLaughlinVerified account @baseballcrank
    Funny how you discover the virtue of being fair when I apply *your* reasoning against *your* argument. Yet, if you object to conservatives saying "wait, pure, unchecked majoritarianism with no counterbalancing values can go bad places," well, that is the textbook example. https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1381687057890873351 …
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      2. Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait Apr 12

        and if you think redistribution is a threat to freedom/liberty, you get around to the conclusion Trump is less of a threat to freedom than the Democrats are.

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      3. Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait Apr 12

        I once wrote about Ayn Rand's version of this theory, which has left a deep imprint on the American right. My term for that belief system is "inverted Marxism"https://newrepublic.com/article/69239/wealthcare-0 …

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      4. Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait Apr 12

        Marxists and Randians share in common a belief w/r/t democracy that their preferred economic system supercedes purely political rights.

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      2. Benjamin Adams‏ @BenAdamsO_O Apr 12
        Replying to @jonathanchait

        The GOP thrives on public ignorance for two reasons. First, it justifies limiting the franchise. Second, people leave the GOP as they move up the educational ladder.

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      1. Gabe‏ @DogPhoenixWP Apr 12
        Replying to @jonathanchait

        Get his ass

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      1. Right of Left‏ @RightOfLeft_TX Apr 12
        Replying to @jonathanchait

        You made no categorical distinctions here. Conservatives believe simply that democracy exists to defend freedom. It is a tool. I have no idea how you go from that to tax policy. We favor low taxes not because we're anti democracy but because it's good for the economy.

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      1. Here we are‏ @VWHORUSHD Apr 12
        Replying to @jonathanchait

        This is grade A bad faith - if you broadly apply the principle of "majority rules" and subjugate freedom to it, the law of unintended consequences will eventually catch up with you. To argue otherwise is to change the subject.

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      1. Andy Bax‏ @blknaab Apr 12
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        You burned that strawman good. So brave

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      1. Gabriel Ciociola‏ @salemwitchfyndr Apr 12
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        Didn't there used to be a zoom-call type thing called "talking heads" or "blogging heads" where you two could fight this out in real time? That would be cool to see.

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