Episode 51 Audio: Freddie DeBoer

Listen now | This episode finds us sitting down with political writer Freddie DeBoer to discuss his work and ideas, particularly a debate around the popularity of the Left&#8217;s platform. In a recent piece for the New York Times, Freddie argues that major leftist electoral losses (think the two defeats of the Sanders campaign) can&#8217;t be written off as election-rigging; they must be explained by the fact that socialists don&#8217;t command the support of the voting base as well as their opponents. From the article&#8217;s title &#8212; &#8220;Democratic Socialists Need to Take a Hard Look in the Mirror&#8221; &#8212; it&#8217;s clear that, for Freddie, these electoral losses demand that the Left re-evaluate the popularity of its policies. <br/><br/>Get full access to Krystal Kyle & Friends at <a href="https://krystalkyleandfriends.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast">krystalkyleandfriends.substack.com/subscribe</a>