Which of his “three things” do you believe to be a non-factor?
It certainly isn't a binary world out there but perceiving it as so just makes it simpler and easier to accept.
Another strawman, but anyway some did it because they only care about gas prices.
He would have lost worse than Kamala, let's be honest.
Do you have anyone in mind? AOC is well-known but has only been elected congresswoman from a very lopsided district. Who else is there on the far left? Elizabeth "Fauxachontas" Warren? Also old, and she came in third in her own state in 2020. Who else?
You don't say? He'd be 87 in 2028.
It's Newsom, no second 'e'. I think it's more likely to be Shapiro, or somebody else not talked about widely yet.
Nope, I don’t think so. I think he would have won, The Dems have been paralyzed about candidates being “too far left” since McGovern, but that was during an entirely different time.
Amen! He would definitely have won in 2016, and at that point, Trump would have disappeared. The Supreme Court would be radically different.
I agree, but I think it’s not so much being left or right, but about simply being a strong leader. Someone who is a fighter. Not someone who sticks to a script, but comes across as authentic and passionate about his vision.
The thing Popper apparently forgot about paradoxes is that paradoxes are self-contradictions, and when you admit a self-contradiction into your premises you render the entire structure built on those premises unfalsifiable. Popper of all people should have known better than to fall into that trap. "Paradox of Tolerance" is a cheap rhetorical cop-out that people who intend to censor their opponents use to kid themselves that they're liberals while they enthusiastically embrace authoritarianism. If a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance, sure -- but if a society does not extend tolerance to those who are intolerant, it guarantees bringing about the immediate dominance of intolerance.
The Republicans have gotten away with nominating candidates 'too far Right' for two generations.
Wishful thinking. The world is certainly a very different place than 52 years ago, but one thing that is still true is that USA is a center-right country.
Bernie most likely wouldn't have, but Biden almost certainly would have. Too bad Obama pressured him not to run to pave the way for Hillary, whose "turn" it was.
Dems swerved hard to the left in recent years. Squad was elected by primarying more moderate congresscritters. Positions like reparations gain traction. Dem candidates for president were tripping over each other about who will be more permissive on mass migration.
We are supposed to be more realistic about immigration. It is no longer the 19th century at the end of which US population was 76M. The country and the world are very different now.
No, but many of the activists deserve ridicule.
It was a combination of many factors. Economics/inflation was the big one. But so was mass migration. Excesses of transgender activism were less significant, but it contributed to the overall picture that the Dems were out of touch with many Americans. And I say that as somebody who is generally in favor of LGBT. But many activists are just insufferable, especially when they do intersectional bullshit, like linking it to other radical causes like Gaza or police abolition.
Quite a hyperbole. Some idiots sending text messages is not a harbinger of 'Confederacy'. FFS!
Without blue states, the red states would push for more radically right-wing policies, and vice versa. That's what I meant. Dems and Reps need each other.
Yes, you definitely said that we should not criticize "minorities" for their voting choices.
It's not the strawman. Some on here refuse to acknowledge any mistakes by Harris campaign.
