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wasn't posting enough libertarian stuff to be easily recognized as jrod. if this is him our boy has succumbed to media ecosystem pressure and become indistinguishable from a generic Trump supporter. Disappointing if so, jrod was at least an interesting flavor of weirdo.
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Rob Filter posted:Whenever someone in a political space argues for a fact or philosophy that has no direct ties to electoral politics, its reasonable to assume their going to smuggle in some kind of directly electoral argument alongside it, usually an argument that is too outside the space's overton window to get screentime. e.g. I've seen people argue for "incrementalism" when what they actually want to argue is opposing measures to abolish poverty. in fairness, THE ELITES can be used to argue for pretty much everything except a few flavors of technocracy. the existence of powerful people who don't have your best interests at heart is pretty uncontroversial across the political spectrum at the moment, and the term THE ELITES is vague enough to always encompass everyone who opposes you, while not including anyone who supports you. as an example, THE ELITES are what killed Build Back Better, THE ELITES are what brought the Supreme Court to 6/3, THE ELITES are what ruined the NFL catch rules, and THE ELITES are the reason America has given up on trying to fight coronavirus. none of that is a wrong statement, but it's also nowhere near useful.
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there is some degree of honesty in that, as long as you assume toterunner has been sufficiently broken by modern politics that he genuinely cannot comprehend the idea of support that extends beyond lip service. in a world where the best can be hoped for is a PR flack saying 'we see you, we hear you,' without even the implication of 'and we'll do something to help you one of these days' to go along with it, one could honestly say that corporations, the wealthy, and politicians at large lean Democratic! it would not matter to such a person that these words are never followed up with actions, because these actions do not reach them. the words do. despite the fact the words don't seem to be aimed at them. when the only goal your politics has left is to be seen and heard, a political actor advertising to someone other than you is a personal attack.
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