Comments on: Get It Right: It Is Corporatist Democrats Versus Mainstream Democrats http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 16 May 2026 07:55:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Hurry Up And Wait http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/#comment-180587 ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Hurry Up And Wait Fri, 01 Oct 2021 23:49:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21031#comment-180587 [...] Get It Right: It Is Corporatist Democrats Versus Mainstream Democrats [...] [...] Get It Right: It Is Corporatist Democrats Versus Mainstream Democrats [...]

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/#comment-180579 Chris Weigant Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:04:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21031#comment-180579 I think maybe Paul Krugman read this, this is what he wrote the next day: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/opinion/biden-centrist-democrats.html (heh) -CW I think maybe Paul Krugman read this, this is what he wrote the next day:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/opinion/biden-centrist-democrats.html

(heh)

-CW

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/#comment-180550 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 29 Sep 2021 05:41:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21031#comment-180550 You're starting to make sense, Don ... O M G ! You're starting to make sense, Don ... O M G !

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/#comment-180540 andygaus Tue, 28 Sep 2021 02:45:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21031#comment-180540 [3] John M, I feel pretty sure that your "final idea" is the correct one. The media are blind, stupid, and biased, but what keeps blinding, stupefying, and biasing them? Their own financial interests. It's not even necessary to call them cynical liars: when they look through the eyes of money, they see what money sees. [3] John M,

I feel pretty sure that your "final idea" is the correct one. The media are blind, stupid, and biased, but what keeps blinding, stupefying, and biasing them? Their own financial interests. It's not even necessary to call them cynical liars: when they look through the eyes of money, they see what money sees.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/#comment-180539 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 28 Sep 2021 02:24:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21031#comment-180539 We are all one. Guess that message doesn't play very well, anywhere. We are all one.

Guess that message doesn't play very well, anywhere.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/#comment-180538 John M from Ct. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 02:18:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21031#comment-180538 Could you comment a little more on why the mainstream "liberal" media generally is promoting the false narrative you've identified here? One thought is that you're basically wrong - it's not that clear that the Democrats have become more liberal or that the American electorate is wildly in favor of the $4-$7 Trillion investment in human infrastructure, paid for by higher taxes on the elites. Another is that you're right, and so the media is either blind, or stupid, or biased towards the ever-more-imaginary "center" due to its own inborn culture of "objectivity". A final idea is that the political media of national scope is, in fact, following the more corporatist interests of the companies' owners - or even the personal interests of the reporters and commentators themselves, many of whom (I guess) do make more than $400K and so are not going to be immune from the increased taxation that is supposed to support this package. Could you comment a little more on why the mainstream "liberal" media generally is promoting the false narrative you've identified here?

One thought is that you're basically wrong - it's not that clear that the Democrats have become more liberal or that the American electorate is wildly in favor of the $4-$7 Trillion investment in human infrastructure, paid for by higher taxes on the elites.

Another is that you're right, and so the media is either blind, or stupid, or biased towards the ever-more-imaginary "center" due to its own inborn culture of "objectivity".

A final idea is that the political media of national scope is, in fact, following the more corporatist interests of the companies' owners - or even the personal interests of the reporters and commentators themselves, many of whom (I guess) do make more than $400K and so are not going to be immune from the increased taxation that is supposed to support this package.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/#comment-180537 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 28 Sep 2021 02:13:25 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21031#comment-180537 I'm just sayin' ... I'm just sayin' ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/27/get-it-right-it-is-corporatist-democrats-versus-mainstream-democrats/#comment-180535 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 28 Sep 2021 01:22:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21031#comment-180535 So, why are the corporatist Dems not afraid of losing votes and their next election by their actions against the Biden agenda that has so much popular support? Oh, wait ... So, why are the corporatist Dems not afraid of losing votes and their next election by their actions against the Biden agenda that has so much popular support?

Oh, wait ...

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