09-25-2020, 03:51 AM
sbarrera Wrote:(09-24-2020, 02:56 PM)David Horn Wrote:(09-23-2020, 05:14 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(09-23-2020, 04:01 PM)David Horn Wrote: If the Democratic centrists lose this one, after losing under Hillary, there will be no centrist Democratic candidate again anytime soon -- nor should there be.
Even if Biden wins, there won't be another centrist Democrat any time soon. Neoliberalism has run out of steam and a President Biden would merely preside over its final collapse.
Good point, though the bitterness will be much less if he wins.
The bitterness of the neoliberals?
George Friedman thinks the last neoliberal term will be 2024-2028, which he thinks will have a Democratic President. I agree that 2024 is a little early for the final nail in the coffin of neoliberalism. It's also possible that a Red neoliberal like Romney or Baker will wrest back control of the Republican party and be President then, but that doesn't seem the way to bet right now.
While Biden has a reputation as establishment, he is selling himself this election cycle as a man of the people. The tale he is telling is of losing his first wife, of the friends he made on the daily train to Washington DC, of his son being in the military, of the need for affordable health care. That isn’t the guy who is eager to serve the elites, ship jobs overseas and increase the division of wealth. In the heart of the unraveling it was fashionable to seek ‘campaign contributions’ rather than work for the people. Both selfishness and neoliberalism ran rampant. Nowadays Biden had adapted the more progressive course from people like Sander and Warren. He is at least talking a good game.
We could see a new progressive era, the government working for the people rather than the elites. Let’s see if that is how they go.
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