Oddbean

Here’s my I have only had 5 hours of sleep take on Donald Trump’s win. This election was about class. Once upon a time, class and identity were separated as the neoliberal era took hold. Democrats capitalized on identity and it worked for a while. But as our guest on @TPBPod, Alan Minsky, noted… Neoliberalism is dead. We have to realize that these new alliances that are forming under Trump are not only odd bedfellows, but because they are, they signify a new cultural and political power shift. I have been watching this happen since Bernie ran in the 2016 primary. The coalition is building beyond race among the working class. A unity that the left could only dream of. Yet, this is not an empowerment of the working class in the way that we’d envision. I don’t believe that this will end in a worker revolution where the proletariat owns the means of production. I don’t because this is a coalition of the working class with a different faction. This isn’t the traditional corporate-state-capitalist alliance that has coalesced in the Democratic party. This is an alliance of those who feel powerless, with those who want absolute power. I am not sure where we are headed, but if Lawrence Wilkerson is right, this is dark. The liberals will have yet again made it possible for the worst outcomes to happen. The left progressives (a wide umbrella that covers a coalition of socialists and center-left), unable to unite to stop the Democrats, are at their most powerless. I really ask Democratic supporters, to wake up. We are a country that has been living three different experiences simultaneously. And just now, two roads have merged into one. I have traveled so much around the US and the world this year. I truly believe that in the US, we have two countries in one. There’s two cultures thar have developed as a result of rural isolation and gross economic inequality. For those who have, identity issues are the only remaining issues. For those who do not, identity is the least important. It makes sense. Then we have the ultra rich, who saw an opportunity to exploit this. This where the danger now exists. I wish I could tell you what happens next. But, what I do know is that the probabilities of socio-economic and political disasters are much higher now than ever before. The left must find a way to bring the workers back. But I am afraid that the left has become mainly the highly educated who do not understand the worker’s plight. And what of bitcoin? Bitcoin works no matter what but also because of what happens next. It is both a deterrent and an accelerant. We have skin in the game.

with all due respect - of which I hold a lot - I think this election was more about this: nostr:nevent1qqsrhklkasq92laed03w8q9hs32exw4a5x8qhagune8axulx2rd7slcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuetcd96zuur4vgq35amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjwpkx2cnn9e3k7mgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t00ew777

“This is an alliance of those who feel powerless, with those who want absolute power.” you fear absolute power is being sought; I think it’s more that they want a voice, and they want real change Harris would’ve signified a ratification of “The status quo is just fine, so why change it?” everything is not fine sometimes to let fresh air in, it’s not enough to open the window - the whole damn wall needs demolishing; if only to send a message, and to rebuild

that dark times are ahead? I think you’re falling for the fear-mongering rhetoric too easily heed the words of the Zen master https://image.nostr.build/7a85f4378b819c2203284c1b2c95d98b6af8ed84e3e459fc6ee8ca774d1b61d7.jpg

"There’s two cultures thar have developed as a result of rural isolation and gross economic inequality. For those who have, identity issues are the only remaining issues. For those who do not, identity is the least important. It makes sense. Then we have the ultra rich, who saw an opportunity to exploit this. This where the danger now exists. " That makes a ton of sense to me.

If you don’t understand that BTC was released into the wild to END all lies. First it will destroy fiat. And then it will destroy all governments that cling to fiat. It has no mercy or care. It IS the way.

Observe that strife/conflict at one level is necessary for organized well being on another. White blood cells are in the war, always. Yet, this conflict is necessary to maintain life at a higher level. Politics is that way, imho. Human ownership will end, in time. But that will not stop the lower level conflict necessary to maintain higher level social order. From chaos, order. nostr:note1kz7e7vny0855jxrk2a97cmwvff40dwrwe3my0xvhpyguqd5m0cxslcy9fy

I think you're right that "liberal" parties (for lack of a better term) have lost touch with the workers, and I don't think this is unique to the US either - I see the exact same thing happening in Canada too.

But neoliberalism is not dead. This is a brand new coalition of Musk, All In folks et al, just doing a worse version of anything the Democrats ever did. Musk is the poster child for neoliberalism.