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jesin00:

kontextmaschine:

The Scourge of Sentimentality Politics

I’m a lot less worried about the rising crop of post-Gen X leftists now that they’re rallying to depose and replace settled moderates than when they were cheery, smiling, and didn’t raise their voices in public a decade ago

“worried about” in what sense?

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Just that no good would come of them coming to dominate behind the scenes. And it didn’t! At least half of Trump’s utility was blithely stumbling across all the tripwires they were building and clearing the field

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