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Jeff K's avatar

The “I was a leftist but the woke mob made me conservative” is a solid grift. I’ve never been able to figure out if it can work in reverse. I suspect not.

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Sam Colt's avatar

Taibbi's "Griftopia" and "Insane Clown President" and his Rolling Stone columns were great, so sad to see him go down this path.

Have you read Naomi Klein's most recent book? "Doppelganger" has a fairly significant portion dedicated to what she calls "diagonal politics" to describe the post-left, or people who were vaguely anti-establishment and supported Bernie, only to become disillusioned with the Democratic Party and go full-blown right-wing. It's a pretty interesting dive into what you touch on in this piece.

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