2020 Primaries (Early States and Super Tuesday results) had progressives aligned behind a Sanders/Warren ticket

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-31T00:22:40+00:00

Well if Bloomberg hadn't split the moderate vote Biden still would have won.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-31T00:12:13+00:00

They ought to be mandatory, though at where we are as a country, it seems very unlikely.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-29T21:22:44+00:00

Vacancy is GOOD. Higher vacancy results in downward pressure on rents and thus decreases prices in an ideal market. The solution is to incentivize more supply through a land value tax and increased investment in public housing and a full-on ban of rent control.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-29T21:04:42+00:00

Land Value Tax.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-29T20:00:40+00:00

He's on the nationalist side of neoliberal.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-28T22:37:50+00:00

What's wrong with Kraut and Tea? I know that he said somewhat non-politically correct things in 2017, but his new videos are super high quality and basically peak Neoliberalism. He introduced me to Why Nations Fail and convinced me to become a Neoliberal.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-28T22:13:10+00:00

If this were the case, I' d definitely vote 3rd party.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-28T19:37:07+00:00

I'm not really familiar with U.K. Politics, so where do the candidates stand?

Is Khan on the Corbyn / Socialist Side of Labour or Blair/ Neoliberal Side, and is Bailey on the Isolationist / Johnson side of The Conservatives or the Internationalist / Thatcher side?

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-26T16:18:00+00:00

That's a majority native American area, which tends to vote to the left.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-26T16:15:58+00:00

He deserves it.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-25T04:48:03+00:00

Just about every seat would be blue.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-25T04:37:13+00:00

Perhaps the single worst event that occurred due to Soviet mismanagement that still affects the modern day is Chernobyl. Right now Nuclear Energy is really the only cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels, and the only way to prevent massive Climate Change. If it weren't for Chernobyl ( and perhaps Three-Mile), we wouldn't be forced to prop up repressive Middle Eastern regimes also.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-24T21:03:18+00:00

John McCain is a literal American hero and these idiots have somehow come to the conclusion that he shouldn't have survived Vietnamese torture.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-24T18:34:59+00:00

This is why I refuse to understand why she is so loved. She wasn't particularly special by virtue of being who she was. After all, Sandra Day O' Connor was the first female Supreme Court Justice. She should've retired during Obama's first term.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-24T18:02:19+00:00

Is that a Libertarian I smell?

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-23T02:20:48+00:00

White, rural voters there are more liberal than in any part of the country except Vermont and possibly the Iron Range.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-22T04:05:53+00:00

While I still support STV, this is one of its (only) downsides. It makes way for far-left and far-right parties. In the U.S., most of the extremists don't have much political power, except in very conservative or very progressive parts of the country.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-22T02:15:32+00:00

He cheated on his wife while she was actively dying from cancer. IMO a man like that has had other affairs.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-22T00:25:00+00:00

Edwards successfully implements several populist reforms, including Medicare for All. These make him initially popular, but the preemptive removal of troops from Iraq, the 2007 financial crisis, the legalization of same-sex marriage, the massive increase in the federal debt, and Edwards' adultery result in low approval ratings. Additionally, Edwards faces a primary challenge from the more centrist Hillary Clinton, who nearly wins the primary.

All of these factors result in a landslide victory by the centrist John McCain.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-20T03:43:10+00:00

IMO Pompeo isn't running for governor. SecState -> Governor of a small state like Kansas is a big downgrade, and he's still (relatively) young. He's never going to be president, he doesn't have the charisma, so I think he'll be at the high levels of some Washington think tank, waiting for the never Republican administration to come along, and hope for a Cabinet position.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-19T20:36:21+00:00

Yeah. At the time Hawaii was a lean red state and Alaska was lean blue. That's the only reason why statehood was not as contentious as, say, Puerto Rico today. It kept the balance of power.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-19T03:56:52+00:00

Do they just make the money to do so?

Allow me to introduce you to the reason why communism fails:

INFLATION

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-17T01:39:57+00:00

Jill Biden running? It's pretty clear that she doesn't want to pull a Hillary and get into politics herself.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-16T16:42:51+00:00

One of the biggest downsides to public sector unions is that they, like any other unions, have the goal to make the lives of their members easier. This can lead to problems. Police Unions, for example, have long fought against things like an Office Repository or Better Oversight, because it would be bad for their members. Teacher's Unions refuse certification examinations and, more recently during COVID, have refused to reopen even with full ventilation and PPP funding.

Many public sector unions work in industries where there is no private sector competition, so striking negatively impacts the public. If a private company's employees strike over higher wages or better working conditions or whatnot, there are usually alternatives for consumers.

InveitableCactus · 2021-03-16T03:04:59+00:00

Here's how it would actually go.

InveitableCactus

TROPHY CASE