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In June, I wrote an article and produced a show on the benefits from the populist left working with populist right-wing factions, and all kinds of liberals and even some leftists went ballistic.
I'm not seeing the same reaction to this very encouraging @AOC/ @HawleyMO exchange:
I'm not seeing the same reaction to this very encouraging @AOC/ @HawleyMO exchange:
When I wrote and argued -- along with @krystalball -- that this kind of an *issue-by-issue* left/right coalition could produce significant benefits for a lot of people, this is exactly the sort of thing I had in mind: https://theintercept.com/2020/06/25/should-the-populist-left-work-with-the-populist-right-where-they-have-common-ground-or-shun-them/
Another illustrative example here: when @AOC vocally and correctly denounced Gov. Cuomo's attempts to give massive tax subsidies to Amazon, here was one of her most steadfast defenders:
Politics is about forming majoritarian coalitions on specific policy issues in order to improve people's lives in concrete ways and combat injustices. With rare exception, politics that does not have that as a central aim is worthless at best -- usually worse than worthless.
One more example to underscore the point: @mattgaetz and @RoKhanna publicly vowing to work together (with @TulsiGabbard) to end the war in Afghanistan, against attempts by pro-war House Dems & Liz-Cheney-led neocons to prevents troop withdrawal:
Perhaps these kinds of convergences are more than just coincidences but represent something larger and deeper about the re-shaping of the political landscape:
