Joe ن
@americakaran.bsky.social
a lovable reprobate, an old fashioned liberal, and your friendly neighborhood mallu-man.
Democracy rested far too much on elites filtering information that the masses consumed. Internet disintermediated the elites. Masses are generating and feeding bullshit to each other. To understand this left-liberals need to let go of their priors that the masses are inherently right and good.
“The entire world embraces right-wing populism all at once” is not incredibly complex phenomena, just incredibly widespread. If all the trees sway the same direction at once, there’s probably a single robust cause, not a bunch of different ones
November 25, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Democracy rested far too much on elites filtering information that the masses consumed. Internet disintermediated the elites. Masses are generating and feeding bullshit to each other. To understand this left-liberals need to let go of their priors that the masses are inherently right and good.
It's no silver lining, but none of these things are going to get better until it gets terribly terribly worse. The horror of an attempt at mass deportation, persecution of transgenders, tariff-induced stagflation, Ukrainians being handed over to be raped and murdered like Bucha will spur a backlash.
November 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM
It's no silver lining, but none of these things are going to get better until it gets terribly terribly worse. The horror of an attempt at mass deportation, persecution of transgenders, tariff-induced stagflation, Ukrainians being handed over to be raped and murdered like Bucha will spur a backlash.
Interesting watching Republicans turn to supporting tariffs, domestic mfg, even unions and subsidies..then pretend these ideas have nothing to do with Democrats, or FDR they hate. Reminds me how BJP guys cheer Modi's rehash of Nehruvian import substitution, while they hate Nehru's economic policies.
November 25, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Interesting watching Republicans turn to supporting tariffs, domestic mfg, even unions and subsidies..then pretend these ideas have nothing to do with Democrats, or FDR they hate. Reminds me how BJP guys cheer Modi's rehash of Nehruvian import substitution, while they hate Nehru's economic policies.