Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i think you can't divorce ideological circumstances from material ones, but i could be wrong. here's how you could prove it, and in so doing, own the shit out of me: create a vast universal welfare state, compress wages on both ends, and see if the problem remains — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@PastorBenMarsh @RadioFreeTom Pretty much everybody in the world is laboring under "false meta-narratives about what would give their life value." sort of christianity 101 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom @PastorBenMarsh I mean what's interesting is the wealthy opponents of the WWC are also motivated by resentment of people they hate as a matter of first principle, and spend all their time (on this very website) complaining about being persecuted and reviled by them — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@Swerdlick @RadioFreeTom I mean they would tell them that now, presumably. I'm not saying there's no racism at play here, I'm saying that the responsible thing to do is try to figure out what compromises can be made with WC voters, not assuming 100% of their interests are inherently evil — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom 1.) If you can't find some way to persuade or reckon with them, what are you going to do, ban them from democracy? 1.5) Remember: the bulwark of fascism is always the middle class ;) 3.) Yes, they have lost ground over time. They say this and you say this. EPI says this. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@PastorBenMarsh @RadioFreeTom People don't just want money, they want status. We're just apes. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom Also, not that Kent State was good (in fact, it was bad) and not that this event was good (in fact, it was bad), but if I'm a construction worker during Vietnam peering down on a bunch of uni kids getting college deferments, I'm pretty pissed off, fwiw — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom Who cares? Sort of irrelevant to the question, which is whether it's important to understand what these people desire out of governance ("want") and how they perceive their role in society ("feel"). Also, they're not wrong...https://t.co/kBEBKos1uA. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom You can't divorce social/ideological conditions from material conditions, though. Otherwise, wouldn't all the whites be permanently reactionary? But, lo and behold: The college kids marching in the streets...were also white! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom It's not a sidestep. They feel disrespected because they are. Their labor makes contemporary society as it stands possible, but they don't own capital, so they can't command the wealth and cultural prestige necessary to achieve high status, respect, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom I think a lot of the 'golden age for workers' you're referring to comes from rhetoric of a fairly limited scope (i.e., wages used to be relatively higher, unions used to be stronger, etc) but there's never been a period in the USA where workers had power commensurate with capital — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom i don't know if anyone is still interested in ~the future of liberal democracy~ now that a democrat won, but persuasion is actually the crux of liberal democracy, and having some level of understanding of competing factions is indeed key to persuasion — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RadioFreeTom Still important to understand — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @blsandford: Thinking about a dating profile I once saw where the guy said his goals were to "join a union and progress in Christian hip… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@ldrinkh20 Megawatt smile 😍 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

usually when people blaspheme the holy spirit, they don't do it in a way that is directly contradicted by John 9. completely reprehensible — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @gerwigfilms: when your circle small but y’all crazy https://t.co/NikAd75ys1 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

chocolate chip pancakes for treat-loving people ❄️ https://t.co/ueSYJBLLD9 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@CarlBeijer cant wait for him to smash the RT on "rahm emanuel show hog" — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

shitposting has become an exercise of governmental authority. we are truly, finally living in the future — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @jackaldredux: @ebruenig The US COVID The Dallas Response. Cowboys… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@Kinder_Cons i was born in december of 1990 and i think people have had trouble ascertaining that — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@MrAlAnderson @ruintal @halvorz center — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @JebBush: Mr. Room Rater, is it possible now that the election is over to rate rooms on a non partisan basis? Are you a room rater or a… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

HEAVENS — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@michaelleza three hours is nothing in texas time! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@WolfofLindySt at one point it was completely coated in corn syrup (long story) — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@LouSmorrels man they just made us debate in empty classrooms, sitting at desks lol — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@westhoff7300ft i think so — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@absonjourney 2007/2009 — PolitiTweet.org