What makes this conversation difficult among Dems is they can't internalize that they *haven't* delivered. Obamacare is still sort of good instead of a broken promise and the foreclosure crisis was inevitable. Much easier to talk messaging than admit we harmed a lot of people.
https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1447965139269873673
A lot of people ask me why I'm so hard on Obama. It has nothing to do with Obama, it has to do with how most people experienced *our policies* that facilitated foreclosures and GoFundMe-driven health care. The goal is to understand how we failed, so we can change.
It's also why I'm so assertive about rejecting socialism or saying the problem is capitalism. There are specific policy choices we made that harmed many people. Either holding up Obama or focusing on abstract forces is the same thing - refusing to admit what we did.
Here's the longer (though not that much longer) version. bostonreview.net/forum/finding-…
Incidentally if you want the nitty gritty details of just how we screwed up, here’s a 200 page report. For instance you know how much Live Nation-Ticketmaster sucks? Thanks Obama antitrust enforcers! economicliberties.us/our-work/coura…
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