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Adam H. Johnson @adamjohnsonNYC
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the popular genre of conservatives warning democrats not to go socialist because it means they’ll lose is a convincing one because as we all know conservatives primary goal is to make sure Democrats win elections.
rightwing pundits freak out over people like Ocasio-Cortez b/c they reject the premise of austerity which liberals embraced decades ago. In doing so they reframe political debate as a competition of moral priorities not clever technocratic tweaks. The right can’t win this debate.
Once you reject the scarcity model of politics (“tighten our belt”, education not redistribution is how you combat poverty; & other rightwing premises liberals embraced) u open up a new, morality-driven political vocabulary which their brand of spite & racism simply cant counter.
This, I suspect, is why the right is obsessed w/ Ocasio-Cortez & not predictable, by-the-numbers dems like Biden or Joe Kennedy XXVI or w/e. These guys arent going to have, whats at its core, a moral debate; But rather one based on competence & cleverness with morality tacked on.
In any event I’m sure the dozens of conservative takes compelling democrats to “reject” socialism because it’ll cost them come November are in total good faith and that these weirdo racist trolls really have the Democrats best interests at heart.
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