That’s a 10/10 headline, no notes

China has many more socialized services and their income level is far less indicative of overall quality of life

It has honestly been a long time since I heard someone in the west suggest the chinese economy is struggling at all - i thought maybe something meaningful had happened in the last week or something that changed that picture

if you compare the Democrat and the Republican running in that race you’ll find

This is the fucking problem, right here.

People dont make “”““rational””“” choices when they’re driven toward frustration and desparation, and democrats marketing themselves as ‘not republicans’ in lieu of offering any significant change is a massive source of that desparation.

“Capitalism isn’t the problem, THIS is”

* points to the main thing capitalism does *

A perfect example of how and why capitalism creates and entrenches poverty.

Oh my god they’re actually doing the south park bit

China could literally solving world hunger and the US press would complain about it being a plot to ruin US farmers.

Im not really talking about things like USAID, I’m talking about his consolidation of power broadly and the normalization of the abuse of presidential power

• If trump dies, Vance doesnt need to be elected or Trump’s popularity
• The longer it takes for him to die, the more time he has to erode democratic structures that would prevent a technocrat like Vance from installing themselves permanently

Frankly I think we missed the window for the good version of him dying - especially if he dies abruptly in a way that could be spun into suspicion

Disagree.

Democrats have the leverage now, and there isn’t any reason why Republicans can’t put a temporary extension in the ACA credits now anyway.

Buying time does nothing for democrats but gives Republicans slack to change the focus before committing to anything. This is a cowardly backpeddle, not a calculated maneuver

Why the fuck did they start offering concessions and bargaining after they swept the state elections last week?

More evidence that moderates are not allies and are just as fearful of a leftward popular swing as the Republicans are.

I can’t wait for angry liberals to blame leftists for another historic loss after they choose to run Newsom against all reason.

I’m glad we’re on the same page now.

K so Schwarzenegger? You think Schwarzenegger would be ok?

What about Obama, if we’re entertaining ineligible candidates?

Zorahn doesnt even rank right now, but he’s your guy for no reason other than his charisma?

I want you to defend their least popular policies and tell me ive missed some magic context that makes this statement true.

The very last line of the twelfthamendment states quite clearly

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States

Keep daydreaming though

TO QUALIFY FOR VICE PRESIDENT YOU MUST BE A NATURAL BORN US CITIZEN

Democrats always have great policies.

Lmao they always have what now?

What is the point of winning anything if you don’t have any policy convictions? What is the point of people participating in democracy if you’re constantly being told that the policies you need don’t matter, you just need to vote for the candidate with the most charisma?

Why even use Mamdani if all that matters is personal affect? Democrats don’t need to stretch the limits of the constitution to do that, they could just hire Paul Rudd or Jason Mamoa, put them in a suit and tie and shove them on stage at the convention.

Why do you consider this remotely unlikely, let alone impossible?

Because Trump is saying he will run as vice president, which is explicitly allowed. Mamdani literally has no plausible/legal pathway to either vice-president or president. The loophole trump is pointing do does not apply to Zorhan. I suppose he could technically run for House Representative and then get voted in as Speaker of the House, but at that point he’d be so far removed from presidency that nobody would buy into this conspiracy that “he’s the real president so vote for this other figurehead instead.”

You can’t just copy Mamdani’s platform and have an 80 year old white guy sell it, which is what the DNC would try to do.

The DNC would also not just go along with this hypothetical illegal presidential bid where Mamdani is shadow president with a figurehead at the top of the ticket. This is what I’m saying - this isn’t just an impossible suggestion, it literally does not make sense.

Because politics is more about affect and personality than it is actual platforms

This is so much more of a self-report than I think you realize