Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

There's also a problem here related to the internationalization of the Western right. In Europe, the far-right can credibly argue that the EU is a kind of anti-democratic elite rule. But porting that language over to the US context doesn't make a lot of sense. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

I think this sort of take confuses political systems (democracy) with epistemic standards during democratic deliberation (how much weight to put on expert opinion). — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

The Discourse equates Democrats with "elites" because of their cultural power and identification with the academic establishment. But Trump is unpopular! If he wins, it'll be with a minority of the vote and the backing of six unelected elite credentialed lawyers. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

This argument from @ToryAnarchist, who I count as one of the sharpest Trump supporters I know, seems largely at odds with actual American politics — where Democrats and liberals are the ones advocating for more democracy (e.g., abolishing the Electoral College) https://t.co/RDQhnZLQwA — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

"Our experts think that President Trump’s public statements questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election and refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power constitute a genuine crisis of U.S. democracy" https://t.co/51Zok4jpLN — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @naderalihashemi: How an Israeli thinker became one of Trumpism’s foremost theorists https://t.co/LuZoHgwhjc @jasonintrator @DannyPost… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@mariuyehara it's almost like identity-based oppressions are a significant part of the the american social structure, with wide-ranging and persistent effects that are clearly demonstrable in large-n studies! — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Look, I get it. I write about cultural politics sometimes as part of my job and it lets me make use of my philosophy degree. But 2020 isn't about your problems with Ibram Kendi and Robin DiAngelo. It's about the 220,000 dead Americans and the economic collapse. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@JustinTLogan @mattyglesias Personally, my favorite version of this is the dramatization in that Titus Andronicus song — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

In the midst of a pandemic, much of our elite conversation still centers fights over symbolic cultural ideas like "wokeness" — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

(Brooks/Wohlforth 2016, Beckley 2018) — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@besasley I haven't read it yet! Reviewed The Virtue of Nationalism a bit ago and that was...what I needed — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@mattyglesias Lol they edited out the line about how the CIA are the real terrorists — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Been working on this one for a long time — both a profile of a particular style of right-wing thought and an investigation into the way that American money helped create a US-style conservative movement in Israel https://t.co/6C4Ia0BCQ9 — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

This conversation inspired by https://t.co/FhJtvZj8cD — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Me: Are you excited to watch Borat tonight, my... @phylliskessel: Don’t Me: Mah @phylliskessel: Seriously, don’t Me: MAHH @phylliskessel: Zack, you don’t have to do this Me: MAHHH WIIIIFE!!!! — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@pmarmstro right? at least last week we had the excuse of playing a team that's actually kinda decent — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Why am I a fan of the Dallas football team, what did I do in a past life to deserve this — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

It is my right as a Jewish American to already be tired of Christmas stuff — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Yes, I too enjoyed The Raven King's plotline in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Here’s my case for Biden winning at greater length https://t.co/VAyHvawFfK — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@karlbykarlsmith i really don't think so given the extensive debate about fracking in which biden makes his position very clear — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

It's extremely funny to me that the Trump campaign is trying to convince us that this oil line is a problem for Biden in Pennsylvania, which has basically no oil, when Texas is competitive this cycle — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@chrislhayes The other problem is that most of what I want to say — our government's response was ruinous — is something I've written repeatedly before and I have colleagues who do a better job covering on a more granular basis — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

We're in the middle of one of the deadliest global outbreaks in human history. It has transformed the way that *everyone* lives their lives. To think it won't be anything but the top issue is folly. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

One error in the debate coverage I'm seeing so far — and really, campaign coverage more generally — is underestimating how much more important the pandemic is than everything else — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Two obvious things about the debate: 1) Biden won by any reasonable benchmark 2) Debates generally don't alter the course of the race and nothing about this debate suggests it'll be an exception — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Trump is completely rewriting history on his North Korea policy, which brought us closer to war with Pyongyang than at any point in my lifetime — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Don't think you can follow the last five minutes of Trump monologue unless you spend all day watching Fox News and you're already voting for Trump — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Biden is really sharp tonight, the best he's been since the one-on-one debate with Bernie in the primary — PolitiTweet.org