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Mantej Rajpal 🇺🇸
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Trump won the popular vote. The average American voter wants Trump as their President — which was not the case in 2016 or 2020. I was on the ground canvassing in PA. Spoiler alert: our middle class is not doing well. One of the last guys I talked to was holding a pizza box and almost teared up telling me he couldn’t afford pizza. True story, just happened last month. Our middle class is the backbone of America. Whether you care about the economy or just care about helping those that have less than you — you should want the middle class to do well! Listen to them, understand their problems, make their lives better. This is how America will continue to thrive. Democrats need to take a step back and re-evaluate their entire strategy and messaging. It’s all fucked.
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Dean Pierce 👨💻🌎🌍
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I don't like that use of the word "average", but also seriously I don't get it. Democrats offer lower taxes for the middle class, cheaper healthcare, consumer protections, better education, more robust social programs, quality of life improvements across the board. What is Trump actually offering except a handful of minority groups to hate and blame all the problems on? He has no plan except to enrich himself at everyone else's expense. I definitely live in a weirdly flavored ignorance bubble that makes me unable to understand why people would so willingly and enthusiastically vote against their own self interests.
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Mantej Rajpal 🇺🇸
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yeah, I feel everything you said. idk man, I feel like it’s mostly vibes based, and it may time for us to lay to rest the social unrest of the 2010s and identity politics
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Dean Pierce 👨💻🌎🌍
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I don't know about that, I think it's awesome that people today feel more empowered than ever to explore their identity and express who they are. That makes some people uncomfortable, but why do we need to coddle people trying to live under antiquated social norms? That feels so gross and regressive.
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Mantej Rajpal 🇺🇸
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Agree with you, but that’s not quite what I was thinking. Noah Smith dropped a great blog post last night, happy to forward if you find it interesting — the meat of it is paywalled. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/identity-politics-isnt-working
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Dean Pierce 👨💻🌎🌍
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Looks like his argument is to slow down progress so we can make tiny steady progress and don't meet such bumpy resistance from decels? I don't know. Maybe. I get the sentiment, but bleh. Also, I've recently come to the conclusion that it only counts as "politics" if it's a conversation around resource allocation. By inventing non-sensical terms like "identity politics" it seems like people are trying to justify their own hatred as valid political discussion that deserves equal air time. The idea that some people might want to express who they are publicly should absolutely not be a "political" thing. It's basic civil rights.
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