Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
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Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
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Re: Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
#2The problems in the US are systemic. There will be no significant change without abolishing the two party system.
Re: Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
#3The problems in the US are systemic. There will be no significant change without abolishing the two party system.
A lot of people are worried we will soon effectively have a one-party system.
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#4The problems in the US are systemic. There will be no significant change without abolishing the two party system.
Counterpoint: The problems in the US are systemic. There will be no significant change without abolishing unlimited corporate campaign donations.
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#5These days the policy positions of each party are hashed out on social media by non-experts. For both the democrats and the republicans, instead of any sort of research or experts driving public policy decisions, it's instead the things that resonate with your average person's feelings as they scroll through their feed and get engagement.
The end result is of course populism. Each election cycle gets us closer to the policy positions of the Republicans being "Immigrants are bad" and Democrats being "Billionaires are bad".
We know where populism leads, and we've seen it for decades in south america. In a few decades, we will get to choose between the populist far left and the populist far right. Policy will get crazier and crazier and measurable societal outcomes will stagnate and perhaps go backwards.
This will continue as long as social media is the primary form of entertainment in the US.
Re: Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
#6Weak. Ineffectual. Letting us down when it should be easy to lead against terrible policies. Good job, Dems.
Re: Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
#7The problems in the US are systemic. There will be no significant change without abolishing the two party system.
Be careful what you wish for. It's most likely that the only replacement for a two-party system the US will get...
Will be a one-party system.
Because there is no legal pathway[1] towards solving the conditions that create the two party system, but there are many illegal offramps that will get rid of one of those parties.
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[1] There are way too many obstacles, and the bar for consensus is too high to legally have these reforms. The bar is much lower for having them illegally - all you need is a single-party trifecta - lead by the kinds of people who'd start a coup rather than relinquish power.
Re: Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
#8The problems in the US are systemic. There will be no significant change without abolishing the two party system.
Counterpoint: The problems in the US are systemic. There will be no significant change without abolishing unlimited corporate campaign donations.
Plus the separation of powers seems too reliant on the president being a decent human being. It'll be interesting to see that play out over the next decades.
Re: Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
#9These days the policy positions of each party are hashed out on social media by non-experts. For both the democrats and the republicans, instead of any sort of research or experts driving public policy decisions, it's instead the things that resonate with your average person's feelings as they scroll through their feed and get engagement. The end result is of course populism. Each election cycle gets us closer to the…
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Re: Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power
#10These days the policy positions of each party are hashed out on social media by non-experts. For both the democrats and the republicans, instead of any sort of research or experts driving public policy decisions, it's instead the things that resonate with your average person's feelings as they scroll through their feed and get engagement. The end result is of course populism. Each election cycle gets us closer to the…
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I agree with you that my words are unpopular. Populism is popular.
Government and economics is complicated, so it's not that crazy to suggest that your average person doesn't understand it very well. The medical analog of economic populism is antivax and free birth content. Super popular online, but leads to bad outcomes.