• @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    492 months ago

    Let’s point out the obvious.

    Harris hasn’t shifted position or gone looking for them; they decided that they had to put the country ahead of the Party.

    • @taiyang@lemmy.world
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      172 months ago

      This is the correct takeaway. Harris is by no means a fringe leftie (or Marxist lol) but the only courting she’s doing is having people who already sided with her speak on her behalf (like at DNC).

      Otherwise, most of her shifts are towards the battleground state, like fracking. No idea why that wins over Pennsylvania (gotta love the toxic water!) but until we fix our elections that’s just gonna happen.

      • @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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        42 months ago

        My favorite idea for improving democracy comes from Robert Heinlein’s novel ‘Double Star.’

        His idea was that people could choose their ‘state’ based on their own interests. Instead of being a New Yorker or a Virginian people could pick to be ‘soccer mom’ or ‘IT professional’ or ‘anarchist’ or ‘teacher.’ The book is light on details, though.