This is the main problem with vulgar Marxist materialism tbh. You get too caught up in looking behind the curtain for the man in the top hat when it comes to like racism or nationalism. Sometimes things just are what they are.

"We fired the guy for what he said in emails to Epstein, but we never read any of the emails" just doesn't pass the bullshit test. I'm sorry.

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but what actual EMPIRICISM tells us is that any proposed explanation must be put to the test of generality: does this explain other election results? does this explain the specific pattern of voting we saw in this election (kamala lost *less* in battleground states than she did in "safe" states)

“if you elect Republicans they will actually pass and implement Republican legislation” is a sentence that should be banal but everyone smart understands is an extinction-level scenario for the party as it currently exists