Oddbean new post about login | logout Theory: Kamala knew she was going to lose, so she spent the donor money on people that she owed favors to. Hence the billion dollars that got wasted.
Smart move.
I don’t know if she thought she’d lose but I think she didn’t spend the money or campaign in the way which worked. Mostly the money went to ineffective ads and democrat party consultants. As a progressive I see this as a colossal defeat of the Democratic Party and failure to beat a deeply flawed candidate. I’m not sure the party survives this.
Oh, the party survives. the names might change, but that's about it.
The parties have changed a few times in the past. And about 90 years ago the ideology of the Democrats and Republicans flipped. Look at this. The coalitions have shifted a lot. https://i.nostr.build/wnuj3rHA4krBCJvk.jpg
True, but there is more ideological consistency than meets the eye in the US system. Democrats have always been the party that reduces everything to race. And Republicans have always been the party that reduces everything to money. There is nothing comparable in the Australian or UK political system.
The Democratic party will continue to get boatraced as long as it keeps reminding Trump voters they're uneducated because they don't have a college degree. That is not at all how you get through to people. I'll take street smarts over book smarts any day of the week, and I say that as a college-educated man.
This. And two of the most well-read "book-smart" people I've ever known didn't finish high school. Education in the modern world can happen wherever motivation meets access to knowledge. Credentialism is for midwits and gatekeepers
The coalitions change every cycle. I think the pure populist momentum behind the Trump campaign had a lot more of an impact than any issue position.
