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In reply to the discussion: Tom Perez is not looking good [View all]earthshine
(1,642 posts)You wrote The term lost all meaning last year when we heard a women's health organization that's constantly under attack by Republicans is "Establishment".
Planned Parenthood? A woman's health org is not "establishment," per se.
But this statement is quite a non sequitur in the context of our conversation.
>> We've already established you're not qualified to categorize people's ideology with your uninformed statement that Perez is a "centrist."
We have established? Really? I have not gained any respect for your opinions.
You have not proven to be any authority on this subject. Like me, you are just a person with an opinion.
Further, your anger prevents you from being willing to agree to disagree. Seems to really bother you that I think Perez is a centrist. Maybe you shouldn't take things so personally.
> I read on DU during primary 2016 that Trump was the "anti-establishment candidate" and the "anti-Status quo candidate."
> The folks posting that were not Republican.
That has nothing to do with me. I knew from the start if he got elected he would become the biggest "swamp monster" ever. He never had real political ideology, and so his policies are just handed to him by his donors.
Do you see how Gramsci fits here? The "establishment" is the very means by which hegemony takes place. It dictates values, norms, and principles that the proletariat internalizes.
So memes like "single-payer is impossible" or "Trump is the anti-establishment candidate" are handed down to us through the media. And a lot of people just suck them up.
Whereas I am a loyal Democrat, I am not blindly loyal Democrat. I like to question authority.
You should ask yourself why this pisses you off so much.