It looks to me like the most serious effort in California for a chunk of the Republican Party to break off & become a new party has a philosophy close to what some call "state capitalism." It matches well with the intellectual milieu of the state & the demands of its residents.
I am watching the @NiskanenCenter and hoping they rescue the Republican party
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At the same time, I’m also excited by the Overton window Ocasio has opened
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Some of her criticisms of The System are appealing across ideological lines - for example, the unpaid internships & the orientation propaganda seminars.
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If I wanted to go that policy direction I would simply join the corporatist wing of the Democratic Party. As
@jonathanchait points out, "Niskanen’s manifesto contains multiple points of overlap with the prevailing orientation of the Democratic Party..." http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/niskanen-center-future-republican-party-sane-libertarian.html … -
"The California Democratic and Republican parties endorse the measure" https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article103528392.html …
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