Yglesias sort of takes on "popularism" but really just restates earlier positions he's had. I would agree that taking positions that hurt you at the margins (defund the police) are important when elections are nailbitingly close. I do think some of Biden's weakness among Black and Hispanic men is from the Defund rhetoric.
Mostly, I agree with the framing of people who claim we are headed to fascism, yet embrace political rhetoric and policies that make it more likely that you might lose. If you really think Trump is a full on fascist, you would make the calculation Black voters made in 2020 and select the boring old white grandpa. But so many on the Left were pushing "transformational" figures like Sanders or Warren.
This goes to Yglesias and Chait's broader criticism of the Professional Class of Urban, College Educated Democrats. They are sequestered from a lot of the realities of the American polity and it shows.
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