David Pakman

It's who can we bring in?

There are some on the left already saying, here's my list of I would never vote for.

And I've heard the people who go, I would never vote for Kamala.

I would never vote for AOC.

I would never vote for Newsome.

I would never.

We're all going to have to really think about the options.

And the way I approach this is when there's a primary, I look at my options and I pick the best option.

When there's a general election, I look at my options and I pick the best option.

And at the end of the day, whether you call it harm reduction, picking who you like or whatever, my goal is no more want to be dictators after January of twenty twenty nine.

Let me know if you agree.

Let me know if you disagree.

How do people fall in line with authoritarians in the first place?

How do people end up voting for someone like a Donald Trump, even when his policies and his decisions often work against the interests of the most ardent supporters?

This is a bigger question than Trump.

This is about how do these charismatic authoritarian leaders

Suck people in and rope them in in the first place.

It is not a process that starts with policy.

It mostly is about identity and charisma.

If you go back to the beginning, Trump did not ask voters, nor did he give them the opportunity, by the way, to evaluate detailed policy proposals.