This was a great article and I am super late - but I will say I have felt like the Left has basically abandoned me. I can't relate to most of the Liberal side that I used to so care about.
Shannon: "The policies of political organizations inevitably drift over time. Sometimes these shifts are unavoidable, the direct result of confronting technologies that didn't exist before, like cloning or semi-automatic rifles. Other times, the reasons are unclear, leaving the party's members scratching their heads about what, exactly, just happened."
ICYMI, you might "enjoy" this article & cartoon which somewhat amusingly illustrates that "drift":
The left has jumped the shark
This was a great article and I am super late - but I will say I have felt like the Left has basically abandoned me. I can't relate to most of the Liberal side that I used to so care about.
Shannon: "The policies of political organizations inevitably drift over time. Sometimes these shifts are unavoidable, the direct result of confronting technologies that didn't exist before, like cloning or semi-automatic rifles. Other times, the reasons are unclear, leaving the party's members scratching their heads about what, exactly, just happened."
ICYMI, you might "enjoy" this article & cartoon which somewhat amusingly illustrates that "drift":
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8189e984-4331-4f80-bd8a-6d3021614db6_860x573.jpeg
https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/my-political-journey?s=r
Indeed... it's under my first link!
Sorry -- I missed that. 🙂 Too much to read, too little time.
But great essay, a badly polarized society with some serious "systemic" if not fatal flaws. Going to take a great deal of effort to rectify those.
You've probably seen this essay of Haidt's and may have linked it here but in case you haven't:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/