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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Right. Thing is: Always, forever and ever, the "left" is held responsible for moderating, for finding common ground, for "calming the pendulum" or whatever. So what happens? What was the reason the pendulum swung so far to the right this time? Oh, yeah, because Obama's almost entirely centrist policies completely muddled what the center is to Republicans.
#### calming the pendulum. Swing it as left as you can (as left as Biden is capable of, which if we're being honest is really not that left). And then let the chips fall where they may, because (like it is for the left now!) it is going to be a lot harder to swing far right if you're starting from a place left of center, than center or center-right.
I'm tired of the moderate nonsense that basically just seeks to placate the far right while erasing everyone left of center. It's some serious bull####, if I'm being blunt.
The pendulum is swinging violently? lol, with all due respect come on. Name the last time the pendulum swung violently to the left in the US. All it's been doing is slowing shifting it's center axis right. Time to put a plug in that nonsense.
The best bet is to cram in as much as you can in 2 years. Every last bit of it. Forget what the right thinks. This is Biden, not Bernie, Biden can roll every policy he can imagine in 2 years and they might swing things to the center. Maybe. What are people scared of? Centrism? Ooooo, boring centrism! Better be careful!
EDIT: This post comes off even cattier than usual reading it back, which is not directed at you FlamesAddiction, I'm just really really tired of the handholding line of thinking.
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It doesn't have to be all right or left. Just find good, smart policies that are implemented well and they will be popular. Obamacare kind of sucked. It didn't suck because it was too far left, or too centrist, it just helped some people a lot, was poorly implemented, made things worse for too many people, and didn't do anything for the majority of people.
Doing something like a national $15 wage with no exceptions for anyone, including tip paying jobs, and it will crater a lot of local economies and industries, while having zero affect on other areas. You have to figure out something smarter than simple solutions. A lot of socialist type ideas do have the potential for negative influence. They should be considered and accounted for, otherwise they may end up hurting the people you are trying to help.