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@HBendaas @Nightynigh78133 @mattyglesias He didn’t use exactly those words, but the core narrative—that Americans are being divided and exploited by a distant, wealthy, and powerful elite—was core to his 1992 Presidential campaign.

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@Shaggydreds If anything, the site has too many “classic” articles nowadays.

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@rowanfornow He kept his caucus in line for the longest shutdown in history? Having more control over the Senate dems than 2019 Trump had over Congressional Republicans should be a point in his favour.

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@404Nowheres_ @AnomalousFern I think you got the lost series and Series 0 confused.

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@hjwot @EngateSfield @NickyFrank30 Exactly, so imagine the backlash to a M4A bill that will certainly have to include some triaging (since that’s a feature of every single payer system).

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@hjwot @EngateSfield @NickyFrank30 Only via substantial rationing, and we all know how popular “death panels” were.

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@sp2chy @Fidaialmaskhut @DarkWokeAcolyte @nikicaga It wasn’t “clearly progressive” when Buttigieg did it, and if Talarico did vote for M4A it’d be a pivot from what he said on the campaign.

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@TrueSlazac @AezzieUwU If this is reverse 2022 then the national ballot is ~2pts so he should win.

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@Fidaialmaskhut @DarkWokeAcolyte @nikicaga He supports a public option, putting him closer to 2020 Biden, Buttigieg and Bloomberg than Sanders.

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@DarkWokeAcolyte @nikicaga None of them support Medicare for All, which is really the definite divide between Sanders-style progs and the rest of the party.

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@Mlscashboy @ok_post_guy Louisiana was closer and would’ve guaranteed a seat for more than two years.

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@KenayLuna25 And then you have the fact that politically-inclined foundation critiques will just drop the veil (the lynching tree and the detransgenderfier) with no rhyme or reason if it helps them make the Foundation = bad argument.

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@KenayLuna25 That old depiction of the foundation is still made in modern articles (the 9kon had a diverse mix of both) and regardless, the SP’s critique is completely fucking incoherent unless you unconditionally accept SCP-6001 canon, and even that painted SCPF in a semi-positive light.

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@_Gboom They also suck because they imply that there’s such a thing as a “non-artificial border”.

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@itsMeri166 Also “the foundation is 100% evil” is much less interesting than the foundation having a broadly righteous core mission whilst committing unjustified atrocities. It’s also closer to the reality of real-world international orgs like USAID or the IMF.

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@itsMeri166 Have you heard of this thing called canons? Like, I don’t think you can plausibly argue that the foundation of Site-43 or SCP-5031, Antimemetics Division or Resurrection is unambiguously fascist.

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@CommonSenseIran @dirtyhat The Iranian government was content to mow down thousands of its own civilians in the streets. Why go to great lengths to give some children bowl disorders whilst fully denying responsibility?

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@ThePurpleDrazi @StatisticUrban But Sanders—who endorsed Biden and helped shape much of his legislative agenda—is magically different?

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@LinkofSunshine This blue wave has made so many people incapable of comprehending how big a 1pt margin is.

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@karlbfl @NickyFrank30 @mehdirhasan @StatisticUrban He’s a limey cur.