Reagan’s enshrining as a conservative saint was largely due to the efforts of Grover Norquist in the 90s.
Lieberman has no Norquist, as neither side cares for centrists. There will be some weird glowing op-eds from the usual corporate rags, but they lack the power they had in the 90s.
He will mostly be forgotten except in places like Lemmy, where he will pop up as one of those “hey did you know why we don’t have proper healthcare?” TIL posts.
And the lesson centrists took from that is “be like Reagan.”
Which explains congress’ actions to prevent the rail strike.
EDIT: Also, it’s real neat that when Lemmy is in agreement that centrism is garbage that holds the nation back, Lemmy isn’t reality and its consensus can be ignored. But say that Biden should stop supporting Netanyahu’s genocide, and suddenly Lemmy is used by so many people and is so instrumental in the formation of public opinion that Russia is paying shills to be here.
Centrists should read this thread to see how well they are regarded by history.
Hold back progress and call your obstruction “incrementalism” and you will have people celebrate your death.
No offense, but Lemmy /= history books. These are the same history books that laud Reagan
Reagan’s enshrining as a conservative saint was largely due to the efforts of Grover Norquist in the 90s.
Lieberman has no Norquist, as neither side cares for centrists. There will be some weird glowing op-eds from the usual corporate rags, but they lack the power they had in the 90s.
He will mostly be forgotten except in places like Lemmy, where he will pop up as one of those “hey did you know why we don’t have proper healthcare?” TIL posts.
And the lesson centrists took from that is “be like Reagan.”
Which explains congress’ actions to prevent the rail strike.
EDIT: Also, it’s real neat that when Lemmy is in agreement that centrism is garbage that holds the nation back, Lemmy isn’t reality and its consensus can be ignored. But say that Biden should stop supporting Netanyahu’s genocide, and suddenly Lemmy is used by so many people and is so instrumental in the formation of public opinion that Russia is paying shills to be here.