QOTD: Jamie Raskin

[babylonsister]

https://digbysblog.net/2022/11/09/qotd-jamie-raskin-2/

QOTD: Jamie Raskin
Published by digby on November 9, 2022

[P]olling failed to capture the widespread feeling among Democrats, which grew after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade and the Jan. 6 hearings over the summer, that their core democratic rights were increasingly at risk.

“I think that pundits sometimes project onto the public a crude materialism, where all people care about is pocketbook issues in the narrowest sense,” Mr. Raskin said. “People understand how precarious and precious a thing constitutional democracy is, and they don’t want to lose it.”

Everyone always assumes that materialism is just “the way people think” as if it’s a law written in stone. But people are complicated and are motivated by many things that have nothing to do with money. Good old Marxist theory only goes so far to explain how society works.

There’s a lot going on in this country right now that goes beyond “the economy stupid” and it would seem that many Americans do understand that. When they start putting certifiable nuts into important positions of power and taking away rights, it gets people’s attention.

[lisa58]

1. I love him and have soooo much respect ...

He is a great man

[gratuitous]

2. Republicans got the cart before the horse

They tried to consign women to second class citizenship status before they took away women's right to vote. And a lot of white men thought the gals would forget all about the Dobbs decision if it cost them an extra twenty bucks to fill up the tank.

[SheltieLover]

5. Absolutely! Restricting contraception was next, to be followed by voting rights!

Thanks to all who voted Blue!

Our tsunami continues!!! 🏄?♀️ 🏄?♂️

[TomDaisy]

3. most of the media is just logrolling to come out as being seen as predicting the winner

therefore earning favors and access from that winner

[SheltieLover]

4. Yup, that's one of their fatal flaws: believing everyone is only motivated by greed, as they are.

[Pepsidog]

6. Raskin has a beautiful mind. So articulate and fluid he is a joy to read and listen when speaking.

[wiggs]

7. No accident many people think materialistically. 70 years of marketing and

corporatism will do that.

Good quote and observation by the amazing and wonderful Jamie...Many aren't that way, thankfully. But with black friday coming up we'll once again be reminded how many people are.

[JudyM]

8. I so admire and appreciate him...

but he’s discounting too much the reality of the proportion, IMO, even if less than 50% … an astounding number of voters are quite simply selfish.