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Reply to comment by TheLegendaryBirdMonster in The Left Needs to Think About the Political-Economic Future in Six Months by Tequila_Wolf

TheLegendaryBirdMonster wrote

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By Joe Lowndes (March 21, 2020)

Tucker Carlson is being cheered by some liberals for calling out NC Sen. Richard Burr for insider trading.

Burr should be investigated for this, to be sure. But this is consistent with Carlson’s right-wing nationalism more generally – just as it was Pat Buchanan’s before him. However, it will matter in a new way in coming months I think – and in ways that the left should be paying close attention.

The economy is unquestionably going to continue to collapse at the top and the bottom in coming months. When the presidential campaign season begins in earnest this summer, when things may really spin out of control and suffering really increases, it is easy to imagine real pressure from below on the Biden campaign to call for greater economic reorganization that would include heavy taxation on the top brackets and more redistribution in the form of major healthcare reform, debt cancellation, relief, etc. (the return of Sandersism).

Trump will have to outflank this. As the livelihood and lives of members of his electoral base fall apart, they will need to hear him demonize some elites in their defense along with the nationalism he always draws on – more border control, more crackdown on immigrants, more hostile language about China, etc..

This will be where Carlson will be crucial. His distinct framing of politics – a combination of xenophobia, racism, authoritarianism, and full-throated defense of working-class Americans; broadcasted to his massive nightly audience – is exactly what Trump will need to beat Biden.

We should all really be thinking about what the political-economic landscape looks like in two, four and six months and how we should respond. The right surely is.

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Reply to You can't map anarchism. by subrosa

TheLegendaryBirdMonster wrote

Yeah the word "anarchism" is itself a negation, and anarchy only be defined by negation. I belive this is "anarchism"' 's greatest strength. it makes it hard to explain anarchism with anything else than "not this and not that", but it's worth it imo.

It's really easy to evolve the meaning of anarchism as our understandings of archy evolve. As you said, it's also why there's all the internet infighting, anarchist's definition of "true anarchism" will be different depending on their education and implication in certain subjects. Luckily nobody can define true anarchism with an affirmation.

The best way to explain anarchism, is to do anarchy.

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