What's important here is that this kind of almost-entirely-bullshit seems to work on extremely smart, well-educated Democrats, whatever you think of Goldberg. (I think she's plenty smart, myself; you can't be that funny and also be dumb.)
These people, most annoyingly, are almost entirely ignorant of really-existing policy, how power works, what the real stakes are, and basically how to do politics. Degrees up the ass to no avail, except of course to further reinforce their bedrock belief that they are superior in all thinkable ways to the morons.
Well, I have two Ivy League degrees. I grew up with and around such people. They are at least as blind, and with far less excuse, than the people they consider stupid flyover morons who are easily led by the nose.
Try telling any of them that, in any way (polite or not). You'll catch a faceful of narcissistic rage. And, yes, Virginia, the MAGA crew knows that, and loves to troll them.
There's really no discussion: isolate the MAGA types by going large and to the 50% who long ago gave up and won't vote. Go to that half of the country with what poll after poll proves they want: a real social-democratic platform of policies that will help them. Tell you donors to fuck off if they don't like it; go with small donations, already proven to compete with big money. Organize a thousand supporters in every Congressional district and get the fuck going already.
Have tear-'em-up primaries...and then unite behind whoever wins. You know, what the GOP did even with a scumbag who told them all that they were pussies. Somehow, they sucked it up. But I've had actual C-level social-liberal/economic-conservative types--corporate-Democrat Hillary-lovers, that is--tell me that they'd like to ban--fucking ban--primaries because they don't like democracy. Literal fucking quote.
These people, most annoyingly, are almost entirely ignorant of really-existing policy, how power works, what the real stakes are, and basically how to do politics. Degrees up the ass to no avail, except of course to further reinforce their bedrock belief that they are superior in all thinkable ways to the morons.
Well, I have two Ivy League degrees. I grew up with and around such people. They are at least as blind, and with far less excuse, than the people they consider stupid flyover morons who are easily led by the nose.
Try telling any of them that, in any way (polite or not). You'll catch a faceful of narcissistic rage. And, yes, Virginia, the MAGA crew knows that, and loves to troll them.
There's really no discussion: isolate the MAGA types by going large and to the 50% who long ago gave up and won't vote. Go to that half of the country with what poll after poll proves they want: a real social-democratic platform of policies that will help them. Tell you donors to fuck off if they don't like it; go with small donations, already proven to compete with big money. Organize a thousand supporters in every Congressional district and get the fuck going already.
Have tear-'em-up primaries...and then unite behind whoever wins. You know, what the GOP did even with a scumbag who told them all that they were pussies. Somehow, they sucked it up. But I've had actual C-level social-liberal/economic-conservative types--corporate-Democrat Hillary-lovers, that is--tell me that they'd like to ban--fucking ban--primaries because they don't like democracy. Literal fucking quote.