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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are all freaking out as if Elrich were like Trump. [/quote]

He is.  Just on the left.   He is not about playing by the rules.   He wants a revolution.   Just like Trump and Trump supporters hated government, so too does Elrich.   It's just his values on on the progressive left, so they seem appealing here in the county, and people either don't see, or even celebrate the chaos he causes.

Just like Trump, he has his own little bubble of extremist advisers, and he listens to no one else. Hell, half the time he doesn't listen to them because he knows better than everyone else.   Expertise doesn't matter as long as his point of view is validated.    Everything he touches gets messed up.   He can't see the forest for the trees -- and the trees need to be left to departments and agencies.   He gets obsessed with his own little pet projects, and fails to do his sole function:  leadership that gives clarity of purpose and then motivates and supports employees to achieve those goals.  Instead, he tells department directors he knows more than they do.  He micromanages problems that pop up, when that role is more appropriate to a department director, and probably more appropriate to be assigned to someone in the department, to report back on options, outcomes, potential problems, costs, etc.

Progressives don't really mind because he keeps saying the right things.   And just like Trump supporters loved chaos and destroying traditional governmental systems, so too do Elrich's progressive base. They see it as a war against plutocracy and systemic racism.   Like their (and his) demonization of police, who are Elrich's government employees just like all the rest.   Instead of supporting them through police reform, he castigated them.

And most importantly to me, since Elrich refuses to listen to true subject matter experts who could help him achieve these goals without blowing everything up.  Because when you blow stuff up, marginalized communities get hurt the worst.  The very people Elrich claims he wants to help. [/quote]

Let me know if/when Elrich loses and he stages a coup attempt. [/quote]

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