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This is interesting because it's a classical liberal proposal, but I'm not sure who's really in favor of it. There's the traditional anti-monopolistic liberal
by AbrahamParangi 8y ago
This is interesting because it's a classical liberal proposal, but I'm not sure who's really in favor of it.
There's the traditional anti-monopolistic liberal argument for it, but then there's also an anti-elite populist argument that I think has greater strength on the right than the left.
I suspect that many of the people who believe this is a good idea would basically never vote for Elizabeth Warren.
- downandout 8y agoThis proposal is strategic. We are currently in the run up to the primaries. In the general election, she would lose if she stuck to such a platform. But in the primaries, she is only competing for Democratic votes. With the rise of AOC and others like her, the evidence shows that anti-capitalist ideas are playing well among Democrats. So the Democratic primaries in today’s environment are a race to the far edges of the left, and this seems like a reasonable strategy to win that race. She would have to use a different strategy in the general election, and my guess is she will quietly abandon this platform if she wins the nomination.
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