“Democrats who have been in office for a long time follow polls instead of trying to change them. So while they’ll attack Republicans for threatening to cut Medicaid in order to fund tax cuts for the rich, they’re mostly shy about making a big picture argument about Trump’s fascism.”
So says Micah Sifry in a piece called “3 Things Democrats Could Do That They Aren’t (Yet).”
If you don’t know him, he’s the author or editor of nine books, most recently Civic Tech in the Global South; A Lever and a Place to Stand: How Civic Tech Can Move the World and The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn’t Transformed Politics (Yet).
He’s also a contributor to The Nation, The New Republic, and The American Prospect and writes a weekly newsletter on democracy, movements, organizing and tech, called The Connector.
I invited him on the pod to continue the conversation about what Democrats could be doing that they aren’t already.
Now, while I’m particularly interested in the tech and the digital components of these solutions, this conversation is bigger and broader than just whether or not Democrats should be on TikTok.
So let’s talk about the future!
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Links
His piece on the changes coming to Democratic tech
Evan Sutton’s piece in Control Alt-Right Delete called Make Tesla Toxic
Dan Pfieffer’s piece on the cost for Republicans of putting Elon Musk in such a prominent role
The New York Times article about Chris Murphy
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