#Progressivism

OK, I want to return to this dangerous nonsense.Van proposes that we are a bird with two wings—a common misperception.Here's why he's wrong.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1101193039832383488 I’ll set aside for now the lack

Corey Richardson

Write this down: Black "progressivism" is not the same as white progressivism and, if you listen to black academics and intellectuals over black politicians and businesspeople, you'll never have a

My tribute to @PeteButtigieg."Many people saw him as arrogant, shallow, bigoted, or bought. He was none of those things. He made the Democratic Party more inclusive, and he showed how

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Reading a thread about “why would she even choose to be a prosecutor? Why would a progressive party want a prosecutor?” And it occurs to me that this framing is

Progressivism is linked to the ‘openness to experience’ personality trait which overlaps with neuroticism not to mention a greater tendency to experiment with substances. That would be my off-the-cuff theorising

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The squishy middle is the safest place to be when a leader's interest is in placating as many people as possible. That's why we see the squishy middle associated with

Prerna Jagadeesh

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Bad faith actors frequently try to cast the fact that corporate politicians tend to win more working class/poc support as a referendum on the progressive movement not being good for

Jesse Crall🕊

Political labels get warped to suit whatever argument an individual is making in the moment so trying to solidify them is a fool's errand. Being a fool myself, I'll give

I just want to thank all the kind Bernie Sanders supporters, some of whom are my good friends, for their tireless and positive support in such a remarkably robust grassroots

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Something is grossly privileged about being able to just not vote Biden. I wish I could not vote for a predator, but unfortunately a Republican presidency would kill me so...I’m

Which is more managerial/elitist/paternalistic/authoritarian? They all rely on an ultra specialized elite to lead the ignorant masses. @KevinCarson1 @againstutopia @mutual_ayyde I'm finally at the part in seeing like a state

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The left has left liberalism behind, and in a way, I don’t blame them. Looking now at liberalism, I see that it plainly contained the seeds of its own demise.

Progressives who spend all of their time thinking they are educating the public by explaining how awful the Democrats are, while completely ignoring the clear fact that Trump is the

Thanos test: how you would choose 50% of the world to kill?Capitalism: bottom 50%Communism: top 50%Libertarianism: all-against-all. 50% left standing wins.Anarchism: random 50%Liberalism: debate till nature does the dirty workConservatism:

My hot take is that neither moderates nor progressives are right (or maybe they both are, depending on how you look at it), and Dems should use a strategy that

A thread of the most useful or comprehensive threads I've posted in the last six months. Let's start with the most comprehensive/important thread, the radicalization of a prominent subset of