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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Saturday, April 17, 2021

I Agree With You; Now Make Me Do It

 Interesting snippet about how Biden has responded to pressure on immigration. For a certain segment of the young, foolish and very online, immigration is an example of Biden's perfidy. In fact, his movement is exactly how interest group politics should work.

Biden is pursuing the policies he is - some of them quite radical - because he's responding to pressure. That's good. My guess, though, is that a few of more vocal factions won't be able to take the W.

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