The Democratic Party in Trump's Fascist 2nd Term. Commentary, Ideas & Strategy (+ non Woketicism)

That's woke socialism. It'll play in NY but not in mainstream America, where we rightly recognize that niqqer kids will get things we don't want them to have if ALL children are given things for free. That keeps the children of the achievers (identified by income or financial assets) able to pay from getting the attention they alone deserve. </conservative in private>

 

Why do you think he's pissing anyone off? This country is done with any facade of fairness or democracy, and frankly, I can read his or anyone else's posts and have a chuckle at them, particularly his. Dude's frustrated pep talks are a special kind of hoot in and of themselves.

We're not going to become socialist, and we're not going to have a blue wave.

 

The only name mentioned is Cheri Bustos, a former Congressperson from Illinois. More deregulation??? Good luck with that lady....

 

Regardless of issues around infrastructure, starting a movement/coalition, from the Dem side nonetheless, around deregulation is at best tone deaf, if not totally moronic.

 

They figured out that despite their posturing that Republicans didn’t care about deregulation so they are going to try to get Democrats to.

 

Has anyone even read the book that Klein wrote? Like at all?

I'm looking at ordering it and someone told me the book boils down to making it easier to build housing and running more socially moderate candidates in red states. Nothing like what some people are thinking.

 

Did you read the article?

 

I'll be honest, I think the stuff about how much regulation negatively impacts areas like the development of infrastructure, housing, energy, etc. is WAY overdone.

I've been on more than a few planning committees in my time and sometimes it's just a matter of doing the job you're meant to be doing with some bravery, even though you'll piss off somebody who doesn't want the houses, shops or roads to be where they need to be for the benefit of the whole community and the entire country.

TBH I think this comes back to the question of the corruption of American politics which cuts in both directions.

Sometimes it means allowing companies to drill oil or build roads where they shouldn't but, equally, it can mean stopping the building of houses and roads when that would be popular among the local nimbies.

Also, again, this comes back to money because building low-cost housing for poor people is fecking hard because, y'know... they haven't got any money. Building big houses for rich people? How much money do you want?!

So I think that simply bandying around phrases like 'regulation' isn't useful, WITHOUT specifying what we're talking about.

 

Ooh, you little scamp you!!!

 

Yes I did....

 

I can see using a phrase like 'being responsive to the public' but 'deregulation', as a political phrase on the left, is daft... it's also missing the point, as I've just detailed.

 

Essentially, yes. Deregulation, as a concept, has become too closely associated with tax cuts and removing environmental protection.

 

Ezra Klein lost me a while ago.....That dude seems fixated about winning hearts & minds of so called "moderate" republicans but to do so, he is willing to throw minorities under the bus. His opinion article about Charlie Kirk was truly embarrassing. As Ta-Nehesi Coates asked him on his podcast" Was silence not an option"?

 

I don't think moderate Dems are trying to do a GOP style deregulation. On some things, conservatives do have a point but the problem is they tend to be insane about it.

As for infrastructure, on transit in Detroit, there was a potential transit bill that was also tied to a project that MI Dems drew up in order to attract businesses and people. Had everything you could dream of. Transit, housing, and so on. There was also money going to GM and Ford. That bill was killed by a Dem, a guy who also happened to be a DSA member (And worked with Bernie) because it pissed him off that there were corporate subsidies.

It's why I always laugh at the people screaming about gentrification in Detroit for instance. It's a city that at it's peak went from 1.8 million people to at last check, 645k as of last year. There's neighborhoods that need homes and instead there's a guy putting up a sign that reads, "Hood Closed to Gentrifiers."

If anything, most anti development stuff is people screaming about how they want it be 1995 again. At least with the NIMBYs both left and right I've encountered anyway.

 

Where has Klein said he is willing to throw minorities under the bus?