Josh Barro
Person on 4 sites
Writes Very Serious, a newsletter on politics, the economy and culture, and hosts the podcast of the same name.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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22 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The identity politics of Woke 1 alienated the ordinary Americans the left once championed. (opens korrents.com)
“By demanding the purification of the individual and branding broad swathes of the public as oppressor classes, 'Woke 1' besmirched the average Americans who Democrats once championed.”
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Treating ordinary people as an oppressor class that must repent is incompatible with left populism. (opens korrents.com)
“This worldview - that the masses, basically everyone except the most marginalized and most oppressed, must reckon with their roles as oppressors and repent2 - is incompatible with the populism that has since risen on…”
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Defunding the police is incompatible with a mass movement in a society where people want police protection. (opens korrents.com)
“Zohran now understands how "defund" is incompatible with a mass movement in a society where the masses want protection by the police.”
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The identity politics of Woke 1 alienated the ordinary Americans the left once championed. (opens korrents.com)
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1 recommendation on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington (opens rcmnd.app)
“dishy and full of odd stories like the one about Reagan and the alleged secret right-wing gay cabal; and of correctives to wrong things you’ve likely heard about figures such as J. Edgar Hoover, who probably was not…”
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Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington (opens rcmnd.app)