1/ When I was young and we were protesting the Vietnam war etc., there was a sense that the Democratic Party was the establishment arm of the counterculture.
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2/ Today, in too many cases that’s changed. When right wing populists do their thing, the Republican party embraces them. But when left wing populists do their thing, corporate Democrats say “We don’t know those people.”
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3/ That leaves too many people feeling they have no voice within the political system, and the Democratic Party frustrated that more people aren’t using electoral politics as a vehicle of change.
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4/ The Republican party has more elitist policies but an oddly more egalitarian relationship to its own constituency. The Democratic Party has more egalitarian policies but an oddly more elitist relationship to its own constituency. This needs to change.
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The republicans are definitely not more elitist when it comes to science. That’s one of the more dangerous things about typical right populism in America.
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Replying to @gardner_wv
I hear what you’re saying, because they’re averse to expertise in the traditional sense. Theirs is an economic elitism.

Jul 24, 2020 · 9:32 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @gardner_wv
Democrats disregard science when it suits them. 52 genders anyone? And don't drive a car because climate change, but fly as much as you can. Private jet when possible. Both sides are evil in their own ways.