Ironic detachment from giving a shit about other people or the idea that we have a society and there are often rules we should follow for good reason is bad!
*guys from abroad show up and immediately begin looting everything* ah yes this is orderly
Apr 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Unrelated to this thread, I think the fact that places like New York City are the beating heart of the modern American left challenges the idea that ethnoracial diversity is necessarily an impediment rather than a boon to the social solidarity needed for a left-wing program.
If I were to theorize it, I'd say the political necessity of appealing to a pretty wide range of voters means some sense of liberal multiculturalism is embedded in the values of the ruling political class, and that is conducive to at least center-left policy.
Mar 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The world is what we make it, there is no inherent justice, so we must build a better world from our present's broken pieces.
That to me is the core of a humanistic leftism, and also not far from my Jewish practice. Hashem provides us with guidance, but completing the world is *our* duty. There is no predestination for the righteous or hellfire for the wicked, just the world we have.
Mar 13, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Ridiculous bullshit. Somebody should challenge her.
Anyone making the electability argument has to grapple with Slotkin being objectively less electable than Jocelyn Benson, a candidate with statewide name recognition and a record of winning statewide by larger margins than electoral superstar Gretchen Whitmer.
Mar 8, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
We're one presidential election away from fascism, what the fuck are you talking about?
If either Trump or DeSantis wins election in 2024, with a 6-3 Court and a unified legislature, they are going to end democracy in the United States. I don't know what else to tell you.
Oct 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
yeah IDK man I'd love it if we didn't boil the planet because some rich people on Long Island think wind turbines spoil their views
We all have a say: it's called elections. After that, an endless bevy of community meetings and lawsuits is just a way for people with resources and deranged self-centered passion to frustrate the people's will.
Sep 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Singal is an odious pustule whose work is frequently full of slants, obfuscation, and misrepresentation in order to reach his desired end.
I haven't read the piece, but the idea that Singal is a messenger for this idea, when his whole career is based on leading liberal Atlantic readers two steps short of the TERF well, is fucking hilarious.
Sep 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
We elected a historically centrist ancient white man who explicitly disclaimed support for the more aggressive social democratic policies advocated by the party's left wing. What more do you want from us?
Every Biden bill has been bipartisan in nature, whether because it receives significant Republican congressional support or because it is quite popular among Republican voters. He's largely maintained Trump's immigration policy, to his immense discredit.
Sep 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
That's not a reasonable way of describing the evolution of presidential power under both parties, no.
There are a bunch of separate trends concentrating policy action in the executive branch, which have very different causes, reasons, and outcomes, and glossing them together is very bad.
Jul 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The thing that annoys me about this shit is we have extremely well-resourced communal institutions which are meant to advocate on this issue, and yet they spend essentially all their time doing work which is at best useless and at worst actively helps the fascists.
The ADL should be out in front here, and other groups should be fighting too, and yet if they work on antisemitism, the focus is entirely on defending Israel, up to and including supporting the political movement responsible for antisemitic violence.
People need to simply stop calling for a policy whose inevitable and logical conclusion is "forcibly relocate housing-deprived people to depressed areas with vacant homes"! It's sick shit.
Jan 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Ukraine is a sovereign country, yes. That sovereignty should be maintained, yes. Should we risk nuclear war over its sovereignty?
The most militantly leftist organization of university educators in the country is also (a) a real labor union and (b) represents educational workers at one of the country's premier public university systems, a marvel of social mobility of millions of people.
