Culturally speaking it is way more similar to the US. But due to US politics people might not want to acknowledge this right now.

I think you misunderstood. I'm not saying there are no leftists. But I am saying I can't think of any leftists who are in favor of "world policing".

Price caps are a failed policy but I suppose if paired with some other mechanism to overcome the reduction in housing supply this will cause it might not be a catastrophe.

Wild stuff. Reducing teen pregnancy has been a goal of nearly everyone in society for decades. I can understand why they might be more concerned about fertility rates among adults but teen pregnancy is very dangerous...

I'm not sure how that relates to what I was saying but it sounds pretty cool.

Sure, but I don't think most people would consider them leftists. But maybe that's what they meant.

Who are you referring to here, specifically?

For me it's been very positive. But I generally like women better than men, so I fit in pretty well. I've always had more female than male friends, so I don't feel awkward or out of place at all, and people have been very welcoming.

Additionally, I've seen zero evidence of discrimination against me. In fact I feel I have unfortunately benefited to an extent from internalized misogyny. I feel like I get more respect and attention to my ideas than my female colleagues--even when we're arguing for the same things.

Now maybe some of that is my personality and competence but I'm not convinced all of it is.

I'm not sure but I don't see any reason to restrict them.

I was going to say, I think what's clear here is we want our representatives to follow us, not the other way around.

I do feel like there's a lot of needless drama and a lot of people could stand to be nicer to one another. I would include myself in this category honestly.

I was on the fence about this guy but how could I not vote for a horny oyster farmer?

What are the treatments?

I think you're right that there are multiple dimensions to attracting these fence-sitters. But it is also true that voters generally express a desire for a more "moderate" candidate, and that they perceived Trump to be more moderate than Harris, despite all evidence.

Of course what they mean when they say these things on surveys is open to interpretation.

Stupid yes but you still need to reckon with them. Comments like this make it sound like you think we should just pretend they don't exist.

OK I agree with you then. Because I do think if the left wants to win it needs to expand beyond its current base. One of the reasons Trump succeeded is that low information voters perceive him as moderate. So I think there is a possibility the left could pursue a similar strategy where you maintain serious left policies but adopt a sort of moderate posture.

I think Mamdani is sort of the closest thing we've seen to this strategy, although obviously NYC is unique enough that you can't just copy it directly.

And predators that eat rats :(

Dose makes the poison. Even the most toxic substance known to man can have benefits in a small enough dose.

He literally hand-picked the jury. It was a sham trial.

This kinda happened lol. Early AI was like libertarian social democratic in politics but that was upsetting to the powers that be so they made it more conservative.