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Marcus H. Johnson

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28 Dec 20

Tbh I feel like the Democratic Party gets a ridiculous amount of irrational hate #onhere. The party has generally been positive for marginalized people for the past half century. But there are real political and societal constraints that they had to operate within.

The left critics of the Democratic Party—at least the ones on Twitter—typically make the claim that the party doesn’t fight hard enough for left policies. But reality is the problen isn’t *effort* the problem is the electorate, in which there is still a sizable % of conservatives

Leftists love to say a majority of Americans prefer left economic policies, & its “Dems fault” Dems don’t basically every election. This is purposefully dishonest (or ignorant) of the fact that social conservativism (anti multiculturalism) is stronger than economics for many ppl

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Marcus H. Johnson

@marcushjohnson

26 Dec 20

Up at 3 am reading Google Scholar on why people are attracted to conspiracy theories.

Some broad themes, people are attracted to conspiracies when:
1. They feel powerless or hopeless
2. Feel alienated, low trust
3. Feel angry, like they are victimized
4. Their worldview has been repudiated

This made me think of another concept, which I think is more associated with history, “loss of empire.” All of those concepts—alienation, hopelessness, victimhood, hostility—can, imo, be emblematic of the emotions of loss of empire.

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Marcus H. Johnson

@marcushjohnson

23 Nov 20

Ima be first in line for the vaccine when it hits the general public. Literally can’t wait.

This past year has been absolute trash and has exposed an incompetent ruling GOP. 250k+ dead for no reason. None. Their response—and the people throwing out conspiracies—smh so many are complicit in this atrocity. History will condemn so many.

Maybe governments have to play a bigger role in regulating social media. The conspiracy theories that were allowed to spread unchecked absolutely contributed to thousands of covid deaths. Senseless. Barbaric. People are still saying the plague is fake. And for what?

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Marcus H. Johnson

@marcushjohnson

20 Oct 20

There has been A LOT of talk about Black men re Democratic support. I think the convo has gotten kind of out of wack. Black men still support Democrats at rates of ~80%+, which is far higher than every American demographic except Black women. This is not an anti-Dem group!

Now we hear a disproportionate amount about Black men who are conservative or Republican but this is NOT the norm of the demo. Not even close. 80%-85% of Black men will vote for Biden. The Trump curious Black men demo is very small, but you hear about it constantly.

Are there more Black men who are conservative/GOP leaning than Black women? Yeah no question. Is the Black Republican group very small? Yes. We’re talking 10-15% of Black men tops. Check any other racial/ethnic group’s men, their GOP % is multitudes higher. Like many times X

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Marcus H. Johnson

@marcushjohnson

6 Oct 19

The reason why the US has never, and likely in its current configuration will never, have a socialist revolution is because political lines are drawn on race/culture/worldview and not $$$. Black wealthy elites are Democrats. White workers more likely Republicans

Given the history of this country, Black working class and Black professional class have far more in common (historically and same contemporary interests and values) than Black working class and white working class.

The entire “We’re going to force the Dems to be a working class movement” is a farce anyway. The Bernie/Warren left is driven by college educated whites upset they aren’t as wealthy as their parents, not HS educated working class construction workers

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Marcus H. Johnson

@marcushjohnson

19 Jul 19

https://twitter.com/regwag2003/status/1152102741839372288

Stoller being drawn to Hawley’s speech isn’t surprising. The Bernie left’s and the nationalist right’s anger at “elites,” is dangerous because it isn’t all that different. We’ve seen socialist parties in Europe adopt right wing nationalist points on immigration for example.

https://twitter.com/regwag2003/status/1152102741839372288

It isn’t impossible to see the followers of Bernie primarily who focused on the white working class and hate identity politics forming a union or agreement with the nationalist right who has rhe same greviances. They want to return to a bygone era

An era where the common white man had more economic and political power, where the elites were not multicultural. Much of the talk about “elites” is really bloviating about multiculturalism. Disdain for an era where average white people actually have to compete in the economy

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