david hogg on dems: "Burned a lot of bridges yesterday my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner.

[betsuni]

10. He's been told economic equality, nationalized health care and education will eliminate problems

because everything's economic when obviously anti-immigrant parties are popular in Europe:

"It has manifested in countries across the Western world. It has gathered force in good economic times and bad, in countries with generous social safety nets and stingy ones. 'Far-right party platforms differ from country to country, including on major issues like feminism and economic issues like the size of the welfare state,' wrote Vox's Zack Beauchamp in a careful review of the literature. 'The one issue every single one agrees on is hostility to immigration, particularly when the immigrants are nonwhite and Muslim.' ... Plenty of counties feature political parties offering ambitious economies agendas designed in response to the financial crisis. It takes a special kind of condescension to believe voters suffering economically are so distracted by the identity politics of the Right that they have overlooked the direct solutions to the economic problems offered by the Left. ... 'Demography and culture, not economic and political developments, hold the key to understanding the populist movement.'"

Ezra Klein, "Why We're Polarized"