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JHB

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19. I'll add to that the fact that it didn't change "suddenly", it was a steady ratcheting up

Reply to Ndp5 (Reply #16)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:39 PM

Dec 6

Each increment makes what was previously an outlier the new norm, and the different media types create a self-reinforcing cycle. The next step, which before had been too big to swallow, has been turned into a convenient bite-size, the giant leap becomes the small step.

And each step makes the next step easier, with a few events such as the 2008 crisis, allowing big leaps of consolidation. Trump 2016 wouldn't have been possible without the "anybody but Mitt" clown car of 2012, and Mitt's grudging, shrunken-figleaf "compliance" with calls to see his tax returns.

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The Atlantic on Democratic rebuilding & realignment [View all] Ndp5 Dec 6 OP

We're not in tatters. RandySF Dec 6 #1

Should it have been close? Ndp5 Dec 6 #2

Damning of whom? Of what? n/t Lulu KC Dec 6 #3

Depends on perspective Ndp5 Dec 6 #9

You're kidding yourself. Yavin4 Dec 6 #7

What is your argument exactly? Ndp5 Dec 6 #12

Another "analysis" that only barely touches on media's role in shaping perceptions... JHB Dec 6 #4

The full article hints at this Ndp5 Dec 6 #16

I'll add to that the fact that it didn't change "suddenly", it was a steady ratcheting up JHB Dec 6 #19

At the latest Democratic Convention, Bill Clinton urged "us" to meet people where they are, to really listen... Drum Dec 6 #5

Fuck bipartisanship and unholy alliances Blue_Tires Dec 6 #13

So your suggestion might be...? Drum Dec 6 #15

The rules prohibit me from saying what I really think... Blue_Tires Dec 6 #18

JFC Cosmocat Dec 6 #6

The Democrats have to do the hard, brutal work of rebuilding political coalitions. Yavin4 Dec 6 #8

What do you think we've been doing the last several years? Blue_Tires Dec 6 #11

Writing off states deemed unwinnable. Yavin4 Dec 6 #14

Maybe that's your state Blue_Tires Dec 6 #17

Fuck that bullshit... Blue_Tires Dec 6 #10

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