I would consider joining, as an economic progressive. However Your refusal to acknowledge that the policy you propose has been progressive economic policy for decades plays wrong. Not Democratic policy, no, no not at all, but Bernie Sanders and a very few others have been on these issues for decades. I invite you to court economic progre…
I would consider joining, as an economic progressive. However Your refusal to acknowledge that the policy you propose has been progressive economic policy for decades plays wrong. Not Democratic policy, no, no not at all, but Bernie Sanders and a very few others have been on these issues for decades. I invite you to court economic progressives who are also not social conservatives. I despair that Sanders's economic message was hijacked on his campaign by narrow Identity Group activists, who alienated virtually everyone else, but especially social conservatives who otherwise support a progressive economic agenda. I am confounded that you also seem to be intentionally divisive on social grounds. I can't support another form of dividing economic progressive, or in your mind, economic conservative, pro-worker voters. By all means verbally punch corporatists, hypocrites, liars, and the corrupt structure underlying the Republican and Democrat parties and politicians alike. But there are voters available for you to attract. I've said in the past I would vote for nearly anyone who was genuinely pro-worker and anti-corporatist, republican or not. You might consider making that easier for the other half or more, of voters who aren't conservative and are economic progressives first and foremost, in order to win.
Bob I must say that as a young person who was attracted to both Trump and Sanders in 2016, your opinion regarding how the identity politics of the progressives turned off a lot of otherwise economically progressive social conservatives is spot on. However I do not find Oren Cass nor American Compass as divisive in a similar fashion which you seem to be implying. For one, I think they are very mild mannered and kind in the way they approach the social issues and Oren has time and time demonstrated himself as a gentleman. But furthermore, a lot of “social conservative” issues in my view, are fundamentally important to an economically progressive agenda. The family and a lot of pillars of social conservatism are some of the most important institutions to maintain a quality standard of living amongst Americans. I really do solemnly believe that a lot of the so called “progressive” social agendas are often times rooted in an oppressive and greedy drive to impoverish the American people. Look no further than the massive push for drug legalization that often translates to bleeding Americans dry of billions of dollars. Or the pornographic industry, or casinos, just to name a few. In my earnest opinion, an economically progressive agenda is best complimented by a socially conservative attitude, and a socially conservative attitude is likewise complimented from a progressive economic agenda, a theory that I think Oren and the good folks at American compass demonstrate quite well. God bless you Bob, just wanted to share my two cents
I would consider joining, as an economic progressive. However Your refusal to acknowledge that the policy you propose has been progressive economic policy for decades plays wrong. Not Democratic policy, no, no not at all, but Bernie Sanders and a very few others have been on these issues for decades. I invite you to court economic progressives who are also not social conservatives. I despair that Sanders's economic message was hijacked on his campaign by narrow Identity Group activists, who alienated virtually everyone else, but especially social conservatives who otherwise support a progressive economic agenda. I am confounded that you also seem to be intentionally divisive on social grounds. I can't support another form of dividing economic progressive, or in your mind, economic conservative, pro-worker voters. By all means verbally punch corporatists, hypocrites, liars, and the corrupt structure underlying the Republican and Democrat parties and politicians alike. But there are voters available for you to attract. I've said in the past I would vote for nearly anyone who was genuinely pro-worker and anti-corporatist, republican or not. You might consider making that easier for the other half or more, of voters who aren't conservative and are economic progressives first and foremost, in order to win.
Confidence is great, Hubris, not so much.
Bob I must say that as a young person who was attracted to both Trump and Sanders in 2016, your opinion regarding how the identity politics of the progressives turned off a lot of otherwise economically progressive social conservatives is spot on. However I do not find Oren Cass nor American Compass as divisive in a similar fashion which you seem to be implying. For one, I think they are very mild mannered and kind in the way they approach the social issues and Oren has time and time demonstrated himself as a gentleman. But furthermore, a lot of “social conservative” issues in my view, are fundamentally important to an economically progressive agenda. The family and a lot of pillars of social conservatism are some of the most important institutions to maintain a quality standard of living amongst Americans. I really do solemnly believe that a lot of the so called “progressive” social agendas are often times rooted in an oppressive and greedy drive to impoverish the American people. Look no further than the massive push for drug legalization that often translates to bleeding Americans dry of billions of dollars. Or the pornographic industry, or casinos, just to name a few. In my earnest opinion, an economically progressive agenda is best complimented by a socially conservative attitude, and a socially conservative attitude is likewise complimented from a progressive economic agenda, a theory that I think Oren and the good folks at American compass demonstrate quite well. God bless you Bob, just wanted to share my two cents