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Imma need you to stop posting no cap takes because you’re gonna burn up my likes allotment at this rate

It’s time to kill citizens united once and for friggin all–Bernie’s been right the whole damn time about this and I’m so tired of it not happening

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It all boils down to being able to argue any opposition’s argument from the opposition’s position better than they can, because you know more about it than they do.

I can argue for @thoughtcrimeboss ‘s actual policy goals as though I’m saying “yes” to a classic leftist’s ideas too.

“Price fixing? That’s fantastic! Let’s fix the price I have to pay to subsidize high-salary nonprofit grants and social programs! 1% of sales tax max!” 

“Social safety net? Lovely! Let’s be compassionate by letting each person experience hard work, knowing the safety net of merit can help them win, just like Democrats say about Kamala Harris’s life!”

I can point you to books like Thom Hartman’s “Unequal Protection” on the invention of corporate personhood or David W. Noble’s “Debating The End Of History” on “capitalist” economic myths. 

But the bigger problem is today’s social and search Internet pushing monolithic behavior-term attachment for ad targeting while demoting reframe.

small govt leftism feels like an alien concept among leftists, but imho inherently aligned with cryptoleft

most leftists i know are either borderline anarchist or full on tankies, not a lot of nuanced inbetween

i feel like smallgov leftism is a strong counter to much of the tired anticommunist knee-jerk rhetoric the left always gets, "communism is when govt does stuff", "Mao killed 50 million", "govt wants to take my toothbrush" etc

can you point me to any literature or scholars aligned with these takes? i would love to further explore this field

The left must do a better job at saying “YES!” to calls for small government and free markets to expose both for the semantic nonsense they are. 

Every progressive policy goal can be truthfully framed as shrinking government and liberating trade. When you actually do those things, none of the business press talking heads want them. They want big-government private sector welfare and a planned, protectionist economy propping up oligarchs.