09-17-2021, 12:21 PM
(09-17-2021, 11:03 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I agree. Although we really need a liberal Democrat to win in 2024. Moderate conservatives tend to be neo-liberal trickle-downers, which won't do in a time of existential crisis. Of course neo-liberalism is also a type of extremism; not identical to trumpism but compatible with it. It was called extremism when Barry Goldwater ran, but Reagan made it more acceptable just because he was a handsome actor and had macho charm. We need to end neo-liberal rule entirely; 40 years of regression is enough. It's time for progress again.
Kamala Harris may be smart enough to be president, but is not qualified as a nominee, because she will lose. It is unlikely that she will even inherit the job.
There is no direct political solution to anything unless a large percentage of both houses of Congress and the Presidency are solidly left and willing to take of the glves and fight. Why? Because NO is always the default, and it's stronger now that the entire GOP has decided that voting for anything that the Dems want is some twisted version of treason. Some of the needed fixes are totally out of reach. The 2nd Amendment is still there, and I can't see any way that gets repealed. The SCotUS will remain far-right unless it's packed, which is unlikley though at least possible. Federalism limits what can be done in unison, and too many states aren't just obstructinist; they're outright antagonistic and oppositional.
I still fear this will be a next-2T fix. I just don't see the groundswell needed to make real change, but I hope I'm wrong on that.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.