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Exasperated with the Insanity of the Left [1]

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Date: 2025-01-04

The ridiculous back biting in the wake voters opting for fascism is exactly why the Democrats are screwed going forward, and the rest of us along with. Just as every outrage from the right was twisted into an attack on Democrats for decades, the success of agitprop and disinformation delivered by our first American Oligarch in the modern era, Elon Musk, and the supine response of MSM, is naturally somehow the fault of Democrats as well.

That's the left's take anyway. It reminds me of living in the Saudi Arabia back in the day. All my Arab acquaintances were convinced that anything that went wrong in their countries had to be the result of CIA mis, mal, or non-feasance, and not, you know, something they might be responsible for themselves.

For the record, I am probably to left of most on the left. I am an old school leftist who believes in government insurance for ordinary healthcare and subsidies for premiums for extraordinary care. I believe organized labor sign off should be a prerequisite for work visas to issue, a UBI, etc.

The bottom line is this though. The left couldn't organize a beer bash in a brewery but they are convinced they can win without those who do not see 100% eye to eye with their agenda. Heck, they don't sufficiently understand how the world currently works to even establish a brewery, but boy are the sure they can convince the electorate they know how to change the world for the better.

They seem to think bashing incremental progress towards progressive goals will result in greater progress towards progressive goals. In the real world, the opposite results. The Conservative project that has culminated in the utter rout of the left today began with seemingly innocuous steps, like the notion that money is speech back in the 70s. The southern strategy eviscerated the New Deal coalition, and every step of the way the left attacked Democrats instead of the right... et voila!

Of course it couldn't possibly be the left's fault. They are too smart to be the problem. The left are so smart, they are stupid smart.

After 65 years on the planet observing the head scratching behavior of the left and right, I have come to a rather pithy conclusion. The far right tend to be dumb. The far left tend to be stupid. It turns out you can lead the dumb to water, and they will drink. The stupid? Good luck with that.

We are here because of the epic stupidity of the left in 2016. In the face of Fascist Felonious they focused on idiocy like neo-liberalism, the shortcomings of the ACA, etc. The worst part? The left still haven't learned.

TAJSVDNE! Thank A Jill Stein Voter Day Never Ends!

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