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Tay Zonday
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Why is it that when Donald Trump claims to be a leftist— draining the swamp, helping manufacturing, creating the best healthcare— none of his right-wing supporters believe he’ll betray them? But as soon as Kamala Harris says anything appeasing to the right, leftist supporters believe she’s sold her soul? Can’t Harris use appeasement and subterfuge to win an election and then do something different? Why is that only Donald Trump’s coalition privilege?
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Interesting argument. It relies a lot of “what if” though. With respect to selling her soul, it’s not a question of flipping the script from an otherwise left-leaning playbook. It’s an affirmation of an already very right of center worldview, that she herself is bragging about, with examples of how she’s back up these right wing views. So the issue is more that she is making concessions to the right while abandoning any working alongside the left. It’s very reminiscent of Macron. And I think it justifiably worries progressives, whether or not you agree.
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Going back to the first part though, Trump didn’t play to leftist narratives but rather to populist and anti-elitist ones. Draining the swamp was a combination of small government conservatism and anti-statist/libertarianism (or maybe even subterfuge in service of foreign governments). Helping manufacturing wasn’t by supporting unions or providing government contracts but through protectionist tariffs and sanctions. And making the best healthcare system was basically just gutting Medicare for all, to push a more private system. I don’t think we’re in agreement of what constitutes left policies.
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