The powers of Head of State would be shared, but mainly by the Secs of State and Defense imo. In moments of acute crisis, a single individual could be appointed with a specific portfolio for a set duration, and be charged with interagency management over a single issue

It also codes right-wing to suggest that progressive economic policy is bad for growth, which I'm not remotely qualified to address. But it is important to at least pay attention to that!

It codes right-wing to say this, but I also think it's plainly true to say that the best way to improve people's standards of living is to have a strong economy. State services are very important, but that can't be all you offer people

No wonder abolitionists support vigilante murder of people who committed no crimes except beimg disliked by a mob

Who can't work at Target?

It's not surprising that country would want to boost its soft power, but I am also not thrilled about how American policy enabled that. And now, I worry that they will be effective in supporting autocratic movements in our country.

Idk. I can't speak for others, but a lot of my "China Anxiety" is not about their development, but their relationship with the world. In hindsight, it looks like they laundered the normalization of trade relations to promote their soft power and to support other autocracies around the world.

also, what an image. the president demolishing a portion of a humble people’s house to make room for his royalist monstrosity

I'm not answering a knock when I'm inside. It's locked, just try it and it will be clear it is occupied

Mostly free market at the point of production, taxation and redistribution to level consumption

Refreshingly normal take

I’d argue there are unusual (not unique) things about America: despite it all the country is unusually tolerant of immigrants, unusually intolerant of authoritarianism, unusually committed to democracy. that’s not because we’re magic but because these ideas have been instilled in us so deeply

All depends on what Land Back means to folks. Can't say I've ever found a singular authoritative account of what that process looks like. I'm sure there are many which are not ethnonationalist

Like you can say what you like about me, i have extreme views, I get negatively polarized, I post way too fucking much and I hold grudges, but I don’t say things I don’t sincerely believe and I don’t ask you to pretend I believe things I obviously don’t

One reason former Republicans have been better at opposing Trump than many progressives is because they correctly understand that the GOP’s descent into fascism represents a dramatic shift, and is therefore scarier, where the latter groups feel the need to argue it’s just a continuation of trend