possibly unpopular opinion: finding a way to create a new coalition to uphold American democracy, even if it means explicitly sacrificing most priorities of the left and advancing a few key goals of the right, should be the primary focus of elected officials from @potus on down.— Patrick Sharkey (@patrick_sharkey) April 11, 2022
The opinion being given here is on how to implement policy not the policy itself. You’re right Left wing policies are definitely popular bc they’re unambiguously good, generally speaking. People, asked in a vacuum, or generally going to agree good things should happen.
How to get good things tho, is more ambiguous and thus easier to propagandize people on. I think most liberals would agree that capitulation is the way forward bc it appeals to their civility minded politics and aligns with the recuperated stories about how meaningful change has been brought about in the past. Also it benefits capital. I mean that’s why it’s the prevailing ideology amongst liberals in the first place
I can’t stand when libs say unpopular opinion and then go on to state the default status quo take on something
Unpopular Opinion: Let's do literally the exact thing we've been doing since forever.
To be fair though it is the unpopular opinion. Left wing policies like decent healthcare are popular.
The opinion being given here is on how to implement policy not the policy itself. You’re right Left wing policies are definitely popular bc they’re unambiguously good, generally speaking. People, asked in a vacuum, or generally going to agree good things should happen.
How to get good things tho, is more ambiguous and thus easier to propagandize people on. I think most liberals would agree that capitulation is the way forward bc it appeals to their civility minded politics and aligns with the recuperated stories about how meaningful change has been brought about in the past. Also it benefits capital. I mean that’s why it’s the prevailing ideology amongst liberals in the first place