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No hate against Ezra and he is one of my favorite political commentators but I feel I've come to realize, at least for the past decade (maybe 2 decades) really we are very far from policy even matter. I don't know what matters (maybe just how racist/xenophobic you can be), but I really see the point anymore of intellectual persuit of policy wonkery or even digging in the social science of politics. Im looking forward to Ezra's post mortem, but it doesn't seem like whatever his thoughts are are going to be at all translatable into actual action. It just seems at this point listening to Ezra is just pure intellectual stimulation for liberals/democrats/center lefts like me but doesnt provide any real world value outside of that.
Sorry if this seems kinda rambly. I'm not in a good state right now like most others and I feel I just need to clear my head of certain thoughts. This is one of them.
Literally told to “calm down/stop being emotional” by self described trump voters in ezras sub yesterday for saying they co-signed on all of his toxic fascist nonsense by voting for him again. The same people that, four years ago were screaming “they cheated/rigged!” (And haven’t stopped). The mod chimed in and told me to “stay positive-light, not heat”. …this is the mindset that has caused the last 8 years to be such a nightmare of hate, lies and negativity. Scholarly diagnosis of the situation without actually defending ourselves and calling BS when it is appropriate has been tuned out by the right for years. This calm, hands off approach will always be drowned out by the fire hose of lies and hate the right will continue to “flood the zone” with, and it won’t stop. We have to fight back with strength and volume. …this calm and knowing resignation to just think about what is happening is its own bubble and our country is being looted outside of that bubble. Get loud, people. Do not be ignorable. This is another turning-point…maybe the last one before it’s gone for good…
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