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Nov 8Liked by Ben Norton

It's also funny how Harris's 2020 campaign featured single-payer health care, but was conspicuously absent from her 2024 campaign. The whole point of the democrat party is to prevent movement to the left.

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That's what's called "ratchet effect". Republicans move everything to the right, and democrats keep it from going back to the left.

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Right, I was thinking the same thing. I just forgot the name of it

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There is a very self-explanatory picture of the "ratchet effect". I can't share it here, but google it.

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The Democrats will forever be the party that threw everyone under the bus to prioritize the genocide🤬

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One thing I’d add, is that over the last 2-3 months Tim Waltz, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry made statements that the “freedom of speech is not absolute and some changes will need to be made”.

I bet you that didn’t resonate well with many people. Just as the support for Israel’s genocide.

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I remember a Klobuchar with Graham in Kiev in 2014. Who wasn't in the coup?

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Probably the best breakdown of the election results I've read so far. Good work, Ben!

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Price controls, and minimum wage are what lead to less small business and more giant oligarchs controlling fewer and larger corporations. Is this, The Economist?

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This is the best summary I’ve read. Well written.

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