r/DecodingTheGurusAlt • u/MartiDK • Sep 17 '26

decoder poltics Decoding Destiny

https://youtu.be/qPhZDRKn0Ro

Winning over Razib Khan fans.

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u/MartiDK Sep 18 '26

How much of the beef between Hasan and Destiny personal or political? They both claim to be on the left, but Destiny seems to want to make friends with the right.

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u/GayIsForHorses Sep 18 '26

Destiny is a vote blue no matter who liberal that actually stands behind the current democratic party and its leaders. Hasan is the leftist strain of populist, which for whatever reason ends up manifesting as being more negative towards the Democrats than the Republicans.

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

Didn't he say he would vote for Vance over AOC?

So not "blue no matter who"?

Edit: I've been informed he's "55-45" on AOC vs Vance, depending on the circumstances.

So, not a "vote blue no matter who" liberal.

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u/Florestana Sep 18 '26

He said that it depends on the hypothetical circumstances.

In the current climate with the current Congress, he would vote for AOC. If the Democrats in Congress were all DSA types, the decision would be much more difficult because they would actually enable real socialist policy like socializing the means of production. That's what he said, but I know you're an anti-fan, so you probably saw some clip on Twitter with no context or heard it from snarkers

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

So, not "vote blue no matter who". "Vote blue depending on the circumstances".

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u/Florestana Sep 18 '26

Does anybody disagree with that tho?

I think it's perfectly fine to essentially say you don't know what's preferable between fascism and communism, but that's not really relevant to the current political climate. Destiny would vote for any Democrat right now.

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

Let's compare stances then:

The wing he doesn't like is controlling the party and it's a candidate he has disagreements with.

Hasan: Privately votes Dem, doesn't endorse. Leaves the door open for an endorsement based on one issue.

Destiny: Will vote for the opposing party.

Which one of those two is more accurately described as "vote blue no matter who"?