Huh? How is the outsider the store brand? The whole idea of a store brand is value---it's the same product without the marketing budget. The populist kick is people buying their soda from a street vendor who mixes his own flavors to spite Coke and Pepsi.
yep, yep, yep... exactly why some of us have hated usually only having the choice of the Dem brand or the Republican brand - when both gave us candidates who served the powerful and not the middle or working class (and yes, the Republicans then went from there to complete la la land)....
I hope the Dem insurgency scares the crap out of the DNC - maybe the Dems will wake up and start fighting for everyday Americans (and showing that fight - "deliverism" may be valid, but it is a hard sell right now).
Similar take from Fanone, this one building up towards the argument from some in-the-news examples. https://michaelfanone.substack.com/p/the-new-rule-of-american-politics
A brilliant take. Thanks for sharing it here.
It is time to pick someone different! Because the same old prepackaged shit still stinks! 💕
Yeah! What she said!
'ORGANISED PEOPLE JUST BEAT ORGANISED MONEY, AND THE FOSSILS ARE SHITTING THEMSELVES' I Fucking Love Australia https://ifloz.substack.com/p/organised-people-just-beat-organised?
That young woman sounds like the real deal.
The problem is - First Past the Post
Here (NZ) we use MMP
https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/what-is-new-zealands-system-of-government/what-is-mmp
I think we stole it from the Germans
Can i come live in new zealand? It sounds better in all ways.
Huh? How is the outsider the store brand? The whole idea of a store brand is value---it's the same product without the marketing budget. The populist kick is people buying their soda from a street vendor who mixes his own flavors to spite Coke and Pepsi.
I mean … it's a metaphor, not a mathematical proof.
yep, yep, yep... exactly why some of us have hated usually only having the choice of the Dem brand or the Republican brand - when both gave us candidates who served the powerful and not the middle or working class (and yes, the Republicans then went from there to complete la la land)....
I hope the Dem insurgency scares the crap out of the DNC - maybe the Dems will wake up and start fighting for everyday Americans (and showing that fight - "deliverism" may be valid, but it is a hard sell right now).
Yep. Don't blame me, i voted for Kang.