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Dan
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@micsolana ‘s take in the recent pod about the Kamala stuff being authoritarian feels kinda handwringey to me. Delegates, who are themselves elected, still get to vote for a replacement at the convention. VP would be obvious choice as they’ve already been voted for implicitly. This is basically still a democratic process. Maybe donors and insiders forcing Biden to step down is the authoritarian part. This seems more plausible if Pelosi and others were negotiating in secret about overthrowing the current nominee. But the process happened fairly publicly + in response to abysmal polling and public outcry following the debate. NOBODY wanted Biden to be nominee. Would it have been more democratic for him to refuse to step down? It’s also just a nominee position, not an elected office. No government is getting overthrown. Would have been ideal for him to have dropped out early on and have a primary, but this is basically the second best option. Same thing would’ve happened if he had suddenly died.
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@dberg
https://youtu.be/Z1iGCfvgDiA?si=Fvn2Ye-rEI3T2A5Z
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micsolana
@micsolana
authoritarian in the context of everything else I listed, which you left out 😑
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