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Saturday, 14 January 2017
quote [ Bernie Sanders Is Shifting The Democratic Establishment
His new strategy has Democrats rallying in 40 cities on Sunday. “For the first time in the modern history of the Democratic party, we’re going to see aggressive outreach efforts,” Sanders told The Huffington Post. “This is a beginning, I hope, of a transformation in the Democratic Party. … Our work has to focus on energizing people where they live and showing them what we are fighting for.” ] Boy do we owe this guy bigtime.
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kylemcbitch said @ 12:45am GMT on 14th January
Yes and no. The two party system is the result of using first past the post voting. Essentially, in our system even if we split into multiple major parties game theory tells us they will eventually merge together.
The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained
The exacerbating issue here has been the media, and forgive me if I sound like a Fox news apologist but this is a problem from both sides. The Republicans have purged their moderates and so have been on the path towards extremism for awhile.
However, left media has part of this responsibility by engaging identity politics. They are fine on the surface, but as time wears on in order for it to stay relevant you have to demand more and more conformity to concept and mode of behaviour.
Basically, when everything becomes sexist and feminist... nothing is sexist and feminist, which is why you have people so willing to overlook Trump and deplorable assholes that surround him. If Joe Schmo Plumberman is constantly called sexist because for example, he doesn't believe in a wage gap but does believe nearly everything important about feminism (women should be equally treated, etc) but he is still labelled the problem... don't be surprised when he gives up on you.
kylemcbitch said @ 12:59am GMT on 14th January
Yes and no. The two party system is the result of using first past the post voting. Essentially, in our system even if we split into multiple major parties game theory tells us they will eventually merge together.
The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained
The exacerbating issue here has been the media, and forgive me if I sound like a Fox news apologist but this is a problem from both sides. The Republicans have purged their moderates and so have been on the path towards extremism for awhile.
However, left media has part of this responsibility by engaging identity politics. They are fine on the surface, but as time wears on in order for it to stay relevant you have to demand more and more conformity to concept and mode of behaviour.
Basically, when everything becomes sexist and feminist... nothing is sexist and feminist, which is why you have people so willing to overlook Trump and deplorable assholes that surround him. If Joe Schmo Plumberman is constantly called sexist because for example, he doesn't believe in a wage gap but does believe nearly everything important about feminism (women should be equally treated, etc) but he is still labelled the problem... don't be surprised when he gives up on you.
Essentially, identity politics is the continual removal and refutation of nuance itself. Sadly, there is very little rolling it back once it's out of the gate and part of the mainstream.
kylemcbitch said @ 3:04am GMT on 14th January
Yes and no. The two party system is the result of using first past the post voting. Essentially, in our system even if we split into multiple major parties game theory tells us they will eventually merge together.
The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained
The exacerbating issue here has been the media, and forgive me if I sound like a Fox news apologist but this is a problem from both sides. The Republicans have purged their moderates and so have been on the path towards extremism for awhile.
However, left media has part of this responsibility by engaging identity politics. They are fine on the surface, but as time wears on in order for it to stay relevant you have to demand more and more conformity to concept and mode of behaviour.
Basically, when everything becomes sexist and racist... nothing is sexist and racist, which is why you have people so willing to overlook Trump and deplorable assholes that surround him. If Joe Schmo Plumberman is constantly called sexist because for example, he doesn't believe in a wage gap but does believe nearly everything important about feminism (women should be equally treated, etc) but he is still labelled the problem... don't be surprised when he gives up on you.
Essentially, identity politics is the continual removal and refutation of nuance itself. Sadly, there is very little rolling it back once it's out of the gate and part of the mainstream.
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kylemcbitch said @ 12:45am GMT on 14th January [Score:1 Insightful]
Yes and no. The two party system is the result of using first past the post voting. Essentially, in our system even if we split into multiple major parties game theory tells us they will eventually merge together.
The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained
The exacerbating issue here has been the media, and forgive me if I sound like a Fox news apologist but this is a problem from both sides. The Republicans have purged their moderates and so have been on the path towards extremism for awhile.
However, left media has part of this responsibility by engaging identity politics. They are fine on the surface, but as time wears on in order for it to stay relevant you have to demand more and more conformity to concept and mode of behaviour.
Basically, when everything becomes sexist and racist... nothing is sexist and racist, which is why you have people so willing to overlook Trump and deplorable assholes that surround him. If Joe Schmo Plumberman is constantly called sexist because for example, he doesn't believe in a wage gap but does believe nearly everything important about feminism (women should be equally treated, etc) but he is still labelled the problem... don't be surprised when he gives up on you.
Essentially, identity politics is the continual removal and refutation of nuance itself. Sadly, there is very little rolling it back once it's out of the gate and part of the mainstream.
