@JustinTrudeau Trudeau has a ton of faults and blame, and can be really irritating, but he isn't in it for the money. Trump will leave office in 2028 ten times richer than he was before November 2023.
And that's what it's all about.
@Tyler_A_Harper M4A?
In 2020 it was supported by 87% of Dems and 74% of Independents.
The DNC killed it. Preferred risking a defeat to running on M4A.
I care less about Sanders than about M4A. 100 million Americans are desperate for it.
I'd vote for anyone running credibly on M4A.
@tomhfh The CONSERVATIVES are to blame.
Obviously. They were in power the last FOURTEEN YEARS.
More concerned with Brexit, enriching their ultrarich handlers, gutting the prosperity of non-rich Brits.
They did almost nothing. In 14 years. What little they did was destructive.
@krystalball In the US we have millions of progressives on social issues who are rightwing and often reactionary on economics.
They might have gay friends and support reproductive rights, but their portfolio yields and property values are sacred.
@RnaudBertrand "Left" should be used for political economy. "Progressive" for social issues and policy.
The US has lots of progressives who are rightwing on economics.
Bernie Sanders is "Left" on economics. Would be centrist in Europe. Eisenhower too. Unions, public investment, taxes, etc.
@ninaturner Neoliberals.
ie. rightwing reactionary on economics and geopolitics
As to popularity, I'm no Starmer fan, but he just won a landslide majority in the UK.
@austinahlman M4A. As simple as running credibly and forcefully on M4A.
M4A was the most popular policy plan in decades. 87% of Dems, over 70% of Independents, a majority of Repubs.
100 million Americans have no or inadequate healthcare.
The Dem party killed M4A. And lost twice to Trump.
@krystalball M4A. As simple as running credibly on M4A. A program desperately needed by 50 million and urgently by another 50 million.
No other program was and is more vital and more popular.
The gutless, greedy, corrupt, self-interested and anti-democratic Dem party killed M4A.
And lost.
@davidsirota The worst was the part where incompetent or dishonest speculators were given TRILLIONS of OUR dollars on the "condition" they lend them BACK TO US at non loanshark rates...
but then just kept the money and started speculating all over again.
US capitalism at its purest.
@itsolelehmann And yet....
The quality of life of NON-RICH people in the EU is higher than for non-rich Americans.
There are 100 MILLION Americans desperate for healthcare; they either have none or inadequate healrhcare and/or mefical debt.
100 million would be the BIGGEST nation in the EU.
@samhaselby Obama matter of factly said he ran as a "moderate 1980s Republican".
On political economy, Eisenhower would've been to the left of Hillary and of every Dem party candidate in the 2020 primary.
What now?
If you don't run on M4A, you don't earn my vote.
@LittleMammith As a former incel told me, real gals can't hold a candle to porn gals.
They do get tired of jerking off after a while, he said, and they sometimes venture out into the world and occasionally get laid.
But it's hard work, time consuming and, he said, surprisingly expensive.
@BladeoftheS Don't get lost in the everyday details of the everday lives of everyday people.
2 trillion to 10 trillion.
The rich paid 2 trillion for 10 trillion worth of everyday people's stuff.
Conservatives' ultrarich handlers are not everday people.
@NicholasTyrone People who see a chance to make a quick buck.
Most Brits live on an island, but a select few follow the money to wherever it takes them and their principles.
@davidsirota Medicare For All.
Didn't have to be about Sanders, but Dems lost those two elections because they opposed the most popular (and badly needed) policy in decades.
Dems had 2 anti-majority principles in play. Opposing M4A itself and opposing its popularity.
Hard to win like that
@KemiBadenoch ๐คก๐คฃ๐คก๐คฃ๐คก๐คฃ๐คก๐คฃ๐คก๐คฃ๐คก
The BEST UK economy in DECADES...
FOR BILLIONAIRES!
The other 99.99% didn't get the memo.
P.S. Why did CONSERVATVES in office for 14 years let those girls get raped by gangs?