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I talked with Congressman @RoKhanna about how @POTUS is surprising progressives, and how those who want real change in American life must embrace patriotism, aspiration, and policy experimentation to win. https://the.ink/p/rokhanna
I talked with Congressman @RoKhanna about how @POTUS is surprising progressives, and how those who want real change in American life must embrace patriotism, aspiration, and policy experimentation to win. https://the.ink/p/rokhanna
Some highlights from our conversation below.
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I asked @RoKhanna what had surprised him about @Potus's early moves, given how he ran.
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. @RoKhanna suggested that @POTUS may prove more progressive than the Democratic House, which is interesting coming from a progressive member.
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https://the.ink/p/rokhanna
I asked @RoKhanna whether progressives need a better strategy of building up to sweeping policy changes.
For example, should Medicare for All be tried in a few states, so that other states get super jelly?
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For example, should Medicare for All be tried in a few states, so that other states get super jelly?
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I think this is an incredibly important nuance that gets lost in the debate.
There is a kind of incrementalism that is a substitute for real change -- a deflection away from it.
But there is another way of using that word: making changes to buy you space to make bigger changes.
There is a kind of incrementalism that is a substitute for real change -- a deflection away from it.
But there is another way of using that word: making changes to buy you space to make bigger changes.
. @BernieSanders' very smart Covid emergency plan would have been a great example of this. Have Medicare pay for people's care during a crisis, which will whet people's appetite for the main course -- Medicare for All. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/28/covid-health-care-proposal-uninsured-medicare-212973
So down with incrementalism. But yes to policy escalators! https://the.ink/p/rokhanna
I also talked with @RoKhanna about my obsession with using the vaccine rollout to tell a broader story about government.
Use the fight against a communicable disease to communicate in defense of the idea of the public good.
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Use the fight against a communicable disease to communicate in defense of the idea of the public good.
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I asked @RoKhanna about the left's reluctance to invoke patriotism, thus ceding it to fascists.
"We're so concerned about a thoughtless jingoism, a sense of unreflective patriotism, that we hesitate to put out our own version of patriotism that should be much more reflective."
"We're so concerned about a thoughtless jingoism, a sense of unreflective patriotism, that we hesitate to put out our own version of patriotism that should be much more reflective."
I talked with @RoKhanna about why the progressive message has often failed to connect with Black voters in the South, and what progressives can do better.
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https://the.ink/p/rokhanna
. @RoKhanna built on an idea that @ninaturner articulated to me last month: progressives need to better distinguish predatory capitalism by the killer whales from the aspiration of entrepreneurship that throbs in millions of regular people's hearts.
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https://the.ink/p/rokhanna
And I spoke with @RoKhanna about a progressive American exceptionalism -- the story of how we are struggling now because we are trying something wondrous and difficult.
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. @RoKhanna is a member of Congress who truly THINKS.
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I can't do justice to this interview on Twitter, so check it out in full here.
https://the.ink/p/rokhanna
And today, in honor of The Ink's half birthday, we're opening the 1 p.m. ET live chat to any and all. So join us.
