Normies don't understand who Democrats really are, because they don't normally meet them. I have had the (mostly) displeasure of meeting a lot of Chicago Democrat politicians in the past. Some I got along with, and a couple others turned into friends (people I could call for a favor and who weren't blatantly disrespectful to me). A lot of them I did the minimum amount of business I needed to do with them and moved on as fast as I could. You write checks to start and build the relationship and then the size of those checks will determine how much audience time you get and whether you will get a favor to get through Chicago's entrepreneur killing system.
But then something kept happening to the ones I liked. I don't know if it's Chicago, or the Democrat party, or just our political system in general, but these people kept getting more and more corrupt and cynical. Eventually I couldn't stand to be around them. I'm speaking of mostly Chicago politicians. But I note that it seems the federal Democrats have imported a lot of the ways that Chicago Democrats have acted. I don't know when this started, but it seemed to me to become much more pronounced when Obama's team moved into the White House.
What we are seeing now is Democrats trying the same old playbook of "Democrats good heroes, Rethuglicans bad people - Nazis," but many, many more people are getting wise to this. They see what's actually happening, versus what Democrats say, and more people are getting red pilled. Social media, X, whatever. People seem to have more access to what's really going on, and I think the Left is not aware of this monumental shift as much as they should be.
The Democrats--amazingly--have decided that the response is to MOVE FURTHER LEFT. This blows my mind, because usually the Democrats are right on when it comes to messaging -- even if the messages are lies. They usually know what people want to hear.
So that tells me that the party has lost control to the extreme left, and they don't know how to come back. Even in Chicago, they are getting more and more extreme in their socialist and communist policies. I'm working my way out, but it takes time.
So when Mr. Carter talks about Democrats thinking they are heroes, I know exactly what he's talking about. I also know (like him) what they are really like behind the scenes. Most of them are not very nice people.
Democrat leaders are simply common criminals stealing money for themselves and their top tier supporters. The 'hero' machinations are just for the rubes. It has been ever so. Joseph Stalin robbed banks to finance his rise to power. No different than Jesse James, who the press made into some sort of Robin Hood character.
Quite often the Democrats are guilty of what they accuse others of being. So Pritzker equates Trump to Hitler. Didn't the Nazis control the media and speech. Wasn't it Pritzker who put his thumb on the Chicago broadcasters to get the "Scream" campaign ad pulled. That was the one of the woman screaming when she was getting robbed. Wasn't it Pritzker who got the publisher to stop sending out the campaign ads that looked like newspapers. Call it misinformation or whatever you like it's still censorship and it's unfortunate most democratic voters don't undertand how wrong it is.
The fact that demonrats are crazy is only part of the problem. The bigger problem is that they not only demand that we dont call them crazy, but that they demand that we fund their craziness and call us bigots if we dont.
What I dislike the most is the willingness of the democrats to game the system in every conceivable way, legally and illegally (but unchallenged). The Biden approach to illegal immigration was more than an open door. It included complete lack of enforcement and complete distortion of what it means to claim "amnesty." And then there are the orders concerning certain classes and ethnic groups flown in to rural and suburban areas in the middle of the night. Over time, this is how USAID became totally corrupt and co-opted by the intelligence community. As all the other commenters have pointed out, these are not good people.
Such a strange family, I find. They went from a successful hotel and RE business, along with others (Bill Pritkzer ran a mixed industrial co, iirc, Marmon.
Others in PE and VC. Is J.B. just an example of the third generation being feckless?
Just read the following today on the fiscal issues of illegal immigration…
The US has a welfare state. This means that those individuals who are below 60th percentile or so of the income distribution are net receivers of funds from the government during their lifetime (i.e., the net present value of what they contribute less than what they receive later in life, like Social Security and Medicare), those between the 60thand 90th percentile are approximately net zero contributors, and only at the top 10th percentiles are net contributors. In other words, all immigrants that come to the US are below the 90th percentile and won’t help solve the fiscal woes created by low fertility. European countries that have the detailed databases required to compute these numbers carefully have found that not even the second-generation (i.e., the sons of immigrants born in the country) is a net contributor to the welfare state.
We need to assess immigration policy based on various factors in addition to its fiscal implications. My argument is more modest: “If you think that raising the number of low- and middle-skill immigrants will solve the long-term fiscal issues facing the US, you are mistaken.”
there's somewhere between 10 and 40 million sould illegally in the USA. to move 1 million of them a year takes about 20k departures per week. no where near that, and time goes by. eventually, they'll get more, but not a lot.
so, any company that thrives on this labor did well in the trade.
so, win-win, on the underlying cause - bad guys need money too?
Normies don't understand who Democrats really are, because they don't normally meet them. I have had the (mostly) displeasure of meeting a lot of Chicago Democrat politicians in the past. Some I got along with, and a couple others turned into friends (people I could call for a favor and who weren't blatantly disrespectful to me). A lot of them I did the minimum amount of business I needed to do with them and moved on as fast as I could. You write checks to start and build the relationship and then the size of those checks will determine how much audience time you get and whether you will get a favor to get through Chicago's entrepreneur killing system.
But then something kept happening to the ones I liked. I don't know if it's Chicago, or the Democrat party, or just our political system in general, but these people kept getting more and more corrupt and cynical. Eventually I couldn't stand to be around them. I'm speaking of mostly Chicago politicians. But I note that it seems the federal Democrats have imported a lot of the ways that Chicago Democrats have acted. I don't know when this started, but it seemed to me to become much more pronounced when Obama's team moved into the White House.
What we are seeing now is Democrats trying the same old playbook of "Democrats good heroes, Rethuglicans bad people - Nazis," but many, many more people are getting wise to this. They see what's actually happening, versus what Democrats say, and more people are getting red pilled. Social media, X, whatever. People seem to have more access to what's really going on, and I think the Left is not aware of this monumental shift as much as they should be.
The Democrats--amazingly--have decided that the response is to MOVE FURTHER LEFT. This blows my mind, because usually the Democrats are right on when it comes to messaging -- even if the messages are lies. They usually know what people want to hear.
So that tells me that the party has lost control to the extreme left, and they don't know how to come back. Even in Chicago, they are getting more and more extreme in their socialist and communist policies. I'm working my way out, but it takes time.
So when Mr. Carter talks about Democrats thinking they are heroes, I know exactly what he's talking about. I also know (like him) what they are really like behind the scenes. Most of them are not very nice people.
I want them moving further and further left. Let them die on that hill
A wise mentor told me many years ago when dealing with folks like that it is best to "give them enough rope to hang themselves with...".
Eventually the majority, though not all of them, self-sabotage.
Democrat leaders are simply common criminals stealing money for themselves and their top tier supporters. The 'hero' machinations are just for the rubes. It has been ever so. Joseph Stalin robbed banks to finance his rise to power. No different than Jesse James, who the press made into some sort of Robin Hood character.
I would change the word Democrats to "Politicians". There are Republicans in the same boat.
This is beautiful: https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1893014693410955531 Trump calls out Maine Governor on live tv
Quite often the Democrats are guilty of what they accuse others of being. So Pritzker equates Trump to Hitler. Didn't the Nazis control the media and speech. Wasn't it Pritzker who put his thumb on the Chicago broadcasters to get the "Scream" campaign ad pulled. That was the one of the woman screaming when she was getting robbed. Wasn't it Pritzker who got the publisher to stop sending out the campaign ads that looked like newspapers. Call it misinformation or whatever you like it's still censorship and it's unfortunate most democratic voters don't undertand how wrong it is.
The Illinois press is a bunch of lapdogs. They want attention and money
The fact that demonrats are crazy is only part of the problem. The bigger problem is that they not only demand that we dont call them crazy, but that they demand that we fund their craziness and call us bigots if we dont.
What I dislike the most is the willingness of the democrats to game the system in every conceivable way, legally and illegally (but unchallenged). The Biden approach to illegal immigration was more than an open door. It included complete lack of enforcement and complete distortion of what it means to claim "amnesty." And then there are the orders concerning certain classes and ethnic groups flown in to rural and suburban areas in the middle of the night. Over time, this is how USAID became totally corrupt and co-opted by the intelligence community. As all the other commenters have pointed out, these are not good people.
Hero's also don't support the mutilation of children:
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/billionaire-family-pushing-synthetic-sex-identities-ssi-pritzkers
disgusting
Isn't J.B. Pritzker' sibling trans? I always assumed that was his chief reason for pushing this evil program on kids
Cousin.
So in the fam.
Such a strange family, I find. They went from a successful hotel and RE business, along with others (Bill Pritkzer ran a mixed industrial co, iirc, Marmon.
Others in PE and VC. Is J.B. just an example of the third generation being feckless?
Just read the following today on the fiscal issues of illegal immigration…
The US has a welfare state. This means that those individuals who are below 60th percentile or so of the income distribution are net receivers of funds from the government during their lifetime (i.e., the net present value of what they contribute less than what they receive later in life, like Social Security and Medicare), those between the 60thand 90th percentile are approximately net zero contributors, and only at the top 10th percentiles are net contributors. In other words, all immigrants that come to the US are below the 90th percentile and won’t help solve the fiscal woes created by low fertility. European countries that have the detailed databases required to compute these numbers carefully have found that not even the second-generation (i.e., the sons of immigrants born in the country) is a net contributor to the welfare state.
We need to assess immigration policy based on various factors in addition to its fiscal implications. My argument is more modest: “If you think that raising the number of low- and middle-skill immigrants will solve the long-term fiscal issues facing the US, you are mistaken.”
https://theamericanenterprise.com/americas-quadrillion-dollar-challenge-can-the-u-s-cope-with-rapid-fertility-decline/
You’re right: it’s an exaggeration to say there are ‘no alpha males in the Democratic Party.’ Of course there are.
It’s just that the one that are can’t spell it.
there's somewhere between 10 and 40 million sould illegally in the USA. to move 1 million of them a year takes about 20k departures per week. no where near that, and time goes by. eventually, they'll get more, but not a lot.
so, any company that thrives on this labor did well in the trade.
so, win-win, on the underlying cause - bad guys need money too?