Listen now | This episode finds us sitting down with political writer Freddie DeBoer to discuss his work and ideas, particularly a debate around the popularity of the Left’s platform. In a recent piece for the New York Times, Freddie argues that major leftist electoral losses (think the two defeats of the Sanders campaign) can’t be written off as election-rigging; they must be explained by the fact that socialists don’t command the support of the voting base as well as their opponents. From the article’s title — “Democratic Socialists Need to Take a Hard Look in the Mirror” — it’s clear that, for Freddie, these electoral losses demand that the Left re-evaluate the popularity of its policies.
Yeah there totally was lmao and the most hilarious part is try bringing it up to anyone and they roll their eyes and go 'Ugh' like what an interesting common response to the open subversion of democracy
YEP, the rigging seemed pretty blatant... between (1.) the dropouts before super Tuesday, (2.) the extreme corporate media bias, and (3.) Mayor Pete's app manipulation... Bernie had his own tally going and knew he won, but they tried everything they could to "prove him wrong". It's awesome that he was able to get so close. His message is still resonating through many circles, even though he's now softened a bit more to "play nice" with the establishment... but maybe that's his strategy to stay in and do what he can.
Kyle calls Bernie a cuck but maybe the strategy is helping him continue to get important messaging out and help with the ethics in the Senate. The sellout point is still a valid one. Plus, him getting the position of Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee is pretty badass and is no small feat. I'm glad he finally called Manchin out for being the corrupt politician he is...
What does Krystal say in the muted portion? The F-bomb stays in but this doesn't? JUICY
"of the fact that you are THE person most directly responsible for us having 4 f#$%ing years of Donald Trump and possibly 8 years of Donald Trump, the way (things are)_____ (right now)?" [trying to lipread from YouTube vid]
"the way things are going right now"? "the way things are f#$%ed right now"?
I'm curious why it's blipped out... not wanting to criticize the current administration in that way? Maybe for the mental wellbeing of listeners because this Covid sucks and we don't need to be reminded?
I would love for you guys to have on Kevin Paffrath on the stock market. He is an investing YouTuber known as 'Meet Kevin' and he ran as a Democrat to replace Gavin Newsom in CA for governor. I hope both of you would be interested in having an interview together. I'm a long time fan of both Krystal and Kyle and newly came across his channel and his financial lens insights on current events and would be absolutely enthralled by what could come of all of you having a talk. Should leftists get into investing? Bit of a divergence in views I believe but a lot of his insights seem to coincide with a lot of your conclusions and he seems to come from a sincere place. Love the show as always!!!
Hey guys, could you please have Pavlina Tcherneva on to talk about a federal jobs guarantee? She's an MMT economist who challenges the way we think about unemployment.
Wasn't there actual PROOF that the 2016 primary was rigged against Bernie?
Yeah there totally was lmao and the most hilarious part is try bringing it up to anyone and they roll their eyes and go 'Ugh' like what an interesting common response to the open subversion of democracy
YEP, the rigging seemed pretty blatant... between (1.) the dropouts before super Tuesday, (2.) the extreme corporate media bias, and (3.) Mayor Pete's app manipulation... Bernie had his own tally going and knew he won, but they tried everything they could to "prove him wrong". It's awesome that he was able to get so close. His message is still resonating through many circles, even though he's now softened a bit more to "play nice" with the establishment... but maybe that's his strategy to stay in and do what he can.
Kyle calls Bernie a cuck but maybe the strategy is helping him continue to get important messaging out and help with the ethics in the Senate. The sellout point is still a valid one. Plus, him getting the position of Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee is pretty badass and is no small feat. I'm glad he finally called Manchin out for being the corrupt politician he is...
What does Krystal say in the muted portion? The F-bomb stays in but this doesn't? JUICY
"of the fact that you are THE person most directly responsible for us having 4 f#$%ing years of Donald Trump and possibly 8 years of Donald Trump, the way (things are)_____ (right now)?" [trying to lipread from YouTube vid]
"the way things are going right now"? "the way things are f#$%ed right now"?
I'm curious why it's blipped out... not wanting to criticize the current administration in that way? Maybe for the mental wellbeing of listeners because this Covid sucks and we don't need to be reminded?
I would love for you guys to have on Kevin Paffrath on the stock market. He is an investing YouTuber known as 'Meet Kevin' and he ran as a Democrat to replace Gavin Newsom in CA for governor. I hope both of you would be interested in having an interview together. I'm a long time fan of both Krystal and Kyle and newly came across his channel and his financial lens insights on current events and would be absolutely enthralled by what could come of all of you having a talk. Should leftists get into investing? Bit of a divergence in views I believe but a lot of his insights seem to coincide with a lot of your conclusions and he seems to come from a sincere place. Love the show as always!!!
Oh that sounds like it would be a good one!
Hey guys, could you please have Pavlina Tcherneva on to talk about a federal jobs guarantee? She's an MMT economist who challenges the way we think about unemployment.
https://twitter.com/ptcherneva?t=Qc-_N0_kJfZomDm-sxyNBw&s=09
Freddie's jumping contest conceit is Kurt Vonnegut's short story Harrison Bergeron. You should read it.