My rating of the 2024 Candidates:
A: Robert F. Kennedy Jr (impartial)
B+: Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai (impartial), Peter Sonski (American Solidarity), Michael Rectenwald (Libertarian)
B-:Donald Trump (Republican), Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican, withdrawn), Russell Cohen (impartial),
C+: Marianne Williamson (Democrat), Chase Oliver (Libertarian)
C: Ryan Binkley (Republican), Cornel West (impartial), Jill Stein (Inexperienced), Cenk Uygur (Democrat)
C-: Francis Suarez (Republican, withdrawn), Doug Burgum (Republican, withdrawn), Larry Elder (Republican, withdrawn), Ron DeSantis (Republican, withdrawn), Dean Phillips (Democrat), Claudia de la Cruz (Socialist)
D+: Joe Manchin (impartial, undeclared)
D-: Joe Biden (Democrat), Tim Scott (Republican, withdrawn)
F: Nikki Haley (Republican), Mike Pence (Republican, withdrawn), Chris Christie (Republican, withdrawn), Asa Hutchinson (Republican, withdrawn)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s signature points embody, civil liberties, taking over the oligarch/company management over authorities, selling good well being, and environmentalism. RFK jr. has probably the most crossover attraction, with some extra conservative and libertarian stances. As an example, he’s reasonable on weapons and immigration. Principally RFK jr. is most according to a type of centrist populism or anti-establishment middle, which mixes features of each the left and proper.
Trump’s preliminary attraction was this populist centrism, although he went in a way more conservative route. RFK Jr can also be far more mental and considerate than Trump. Like with Trump, RFK jr. is detested by the company media, which exhibits he’s a significant risk to energy. RFK jr. is the closest to my views of any candidate, besides he’s extra to the left on race relations. Possibly if RFK jr. have been for freedom of affiliation, which not even Trump would assist, and a bit extra to the appropriate on racial points, he can be near excellent politically. Nonetheless, it’s uncommon {that a} candidate completely matches my views.
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai
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Like RFK jr., Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai strikes me as a nonaligned populist, although he detests RFK jr. Dr. Shiva takes quite a lot of comparable stances as RFK however says he’s a phony, along with his principal disagreement with RFK jr. being that he’s a staunch opponent of Zionism. Dr. Shiva makes use of heated rhetoric, like saying that he’s the one candidate who doesn’t suck Zionist c*ck, which is humorous and appeals to some, however most likely turns off lots of people, together with these in any other case open to his message. Regardless, he invented the e-mail and has spectacular credentials, together with MIT, so he isn’t some conspiracy crank. To not point out he was married to Fran Drescher.
Like RFK jr., Dr. Shiva is outspoken towards Trendy Financial Idea and the technocracy, and can also be sympathetic to old fashioned left considerations, equivalent to labor rights and revenue inequality. Dr. Shiva additionally has extra libertarian views, and beforehand ran for Senate as a Republican. Like RFK jr., he calls out a rigged system, favoring the ultra-wealthy, the place many simply can’t compete. He’s additionally sympathetic to the decentralization of energy, whereas warning towards a globalist homogenized world the place most individuals change into slaves. Nonetheless, he helps an amnesty for unlawful immigrants who wish to work whereas desirous to deport Individuals who refuse to work, which sounds extra neoliberal.
Dr. Shiva stands out as brilliantly distinctive from all different candidates in his embrace of the engineering Methods Idea and physics as a pressure for political change. He says that one wants a transparent imaginative and prescient for what one needs after which a transparent framework, which is how engineering works. The science of programs is a mechanism to uncover scientific ideas and create self-organizing, self-sustaining programs. That is essential for creating different establishments and one can’t defeat the elites with out a information of Methods Science.
Dr. Shiva additionally calls out the neo-caste system, making parallels between the Hindu Caste system and America’s elite and company construction. Like RFK jr., he talks concerning the breakdown in group as a significant cause for the decline in life expectancy. He’s additionally type of New Agey, which I like, equivalent to speaking about change through elevating consciousness and reviving historic programs of data. He additionally has attention-grabbing issues to say on psychology, equivalent to a video on several types of intelligence, with the very best being instinct.
Peter Sonski
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I admire how Peter Sonski’s Christian Democratic, American Solidarity Social gathering is for the economics of Distributism, which rejects each state socialism and laissez-faire capitalism as two heads of the identical coin. The American Solidarity Social gathering’s strengths are on economics and a return to group based mostly values, although I discover them too rightwing on social points, like abortion, and too leftwing on racial justice points. Regardless, RFK jr., Dr. Shiva, and Peter Sonski are all superior to any Democrat or Republican working, and you might say are all dissident or radical centrists.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign appears far more promethean, with speak of constructing new cities, a civic beautification marketing campaign, flying automobiles, and launching a child growth. Nonetheless, I don’t have quite a lot of hope for optimistic change with Trump, so far as coverage. Although his second time period is perhaps extra anti-establishment. Trump remains to be farther from conservative orthodoxy than all different GOP candidates, besides maybe Vivek, even when rather a lot is simply rhetorical. I voted for Trump in each the first and basic in 2016, however I didn’t assist him in 2020. General I discovered Trump’s presidency a significant disappointment. Trump’s flaws embody, an absence of anti-establishment coverage and lack of motion on institutional energy, in addition to surrounding himself with sycophants relatively than the perfect individuals, as a result of his narcissism.
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The case for Trump is that he’s a large center finger to the institution, and is total accelerationist and obstructionist. Trump is hated by all probably the most contemptable individuals in energy, from the Deep State, to the gatekeeping class of over credentialed “specialists,” to the anti-White, and shrill woke partisans. Trump shouldn’t be the good savior however relatively he’s the good revealer, inflicting these in energy to take off their masks. Trump is mainly an outlaw now, so him getting elected can be an enormous disruption to the system.
Trump can also be a logo of White populist rage and an avatar for non-liberal Whites, which has its professionals and cons. The draw back is that Trump energizes the institution and Left whereas coming quick at doing something radically anti-establishment. Whereas I’ll give Trump’s presidency a C+ on coverage, I’ll give him a B- as a result of being a radical disruptor.
Vivek Ramaswamy
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s political roots are libertarian leaning, pro-business, economically conservative, however extra liberal on race and social points, together with immigration. His financial coverage outlook displays Reaganite, Chamber of Commerce, neoliberalism. I’m typically skeptical of candidates from the enterprise group, who present up with no political observe file. Vivek calls out managerialism and DEI forms, which is nice, however then places the deal with authorities, without having an answer to tackle the non-public sector, Woke Capital.
Vivek epitomizes the immigrant striver archetype. I discover somebody from a latest immigrant background embracing Reaganite patriotism, that America shouldn’t be a spot however relatively the concept that anybody has the chance to change into wealthy, to be vulgar. There’s additionally a component of tokenism of a brown particular person being allowed to say based mostly issues, equivalent to talking out towards the Nice Substitute. There are additionally apt comparisons to Andrew Yang, although Yang was extra upfront about post-Americanism, being from a overseas background, in addition to financial realities.
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In a chat with Elon Musk, Vivek mentioned that “We must always have merit-based immigration. There appears to be an anti-legal immigration backlash within the Republican Social gathering and I’ll be bringing this up on the debates.” Vivek had endorsed growing authorized immigration previous the 1.2 million which can be already introduced in annually. Nonetheless, he latter shifted his tone on immigration in a extra hawkish route. If in energy, I might see him cracking down on unlawful immigration whereas additionally pushing for extra authorized “excessive expert” immigration from India.
Vivek was by far probably the most non-interventionist Republican, even criticizing US assist to Israel, which breaks a significant political taboo. In distinction, Trump is extra isolationist on Russia, although I might see him attacking Iran for Israel. Nonetheless, Trump’s each side feedback on Israel vs Gaza are a optimistic signal. Vivek was the one Republican to take a powerful stance on civil liberties, calling to abolish the FBI, and strongly opposing the Prohibit Act, which might have been the Patriot Act on steroids, in addition to the Espionage Act. In distinction, Trump has made the deal with the persecution of MAGA by Biden’s Justice Division relatively than civil liberties normally.
I don’t belief Vivek and he offers off sleazy, opportunistic vibes, however in rhetoric, he’s really extra based mostly than Trump. He’s additionally extra in tune with the place the youthful power on the Proper is, and keen to have interaction with the edgier anti-establishment Proper. Vivek was by far the perfect on the GOP debates, with the opposite candidates sounding like Reagan or Bush period Republicans.
Vivek can also be far more articulate than Trump, and appears extra competent at getting issues accomplished. Trump is extra more likely to choose somebody like Elise Stefanik for VP, however I might see Vivek as Trump’s Secretary of Commerce. Vivek’s upsides are his rhetoric pushing the Overton Window, sturdy stances on dismantling the Administrative State, civil liberties, and non-intervention. Vivek’s principal downsides are being too hyper-capitalist and pro-corporate, and that he can’t be completely trusted.
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson strikes me as a New Age huckster (a televangelist of the Left), however I get the attraction, and truly admire features of that. Williamson’s attraction is that she eschews compassion, and has a soothing high quality to her voice. Williamson’s message could be very female, and appeals to feelings and morality. General she is a combined bag, and solution to the left of my views. Nonetheless, I like her on a private degree, and should even vote for her as a protest within the Democratic main.
Williamson has huge spending proposals, of which some are good but in addition quite a lot of woke stuff, and proposals that can improve forms and inflation. She was additionally fast to throw RFK jr. below the bus as racist, for his assertion on ethnic particular vaccines. Nonetheless, she sometimes says issues which can be very insightful and spot on. As an example, Williamson mentioned that “altering the politics doesn’t change the individuals, altering the individuals adjustments the politics,” which is unintentionally based mostly. Although she is woke, this assertion is a rejection of the liberal concept that persons are all interchangeable cogs. She deserves credit score for difficult Biden and is superior to most Democrats, which is a very low bar.
Cornel West
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When Cornel West quickly switched to the Inexperienced Social gathering from the Left-Populist, Folks’s Social gathering, his platform changed many populist planks with extra commonplace leftist positions. Cornel West’s shift from massive tent populism to leftism was anticipated. Nonetheless, I disagree with Jimmy Dore, who desperately wished West to be one thing that he’s not, a colorblind class-based leftist. West could be very a lot a racial leftist, and of the unconventional Black activist custom, which doesn’t attraction to me, however he’s being his genuine self.
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Cornel West is ideologically very leftwing however the query is whether or not he’s actually extra principled than Marriane Williamson. He doesn’t strike me as somebody who listens to consultants, like a managerial liberal, however relatively speaks his thoughts. West can also be extra radical than Williamson, with Williamson being extra of a Social Democrat, like Bernie Sanders, whereas West is virtually a Marxist. I ranked Marianne Williamson greater than different left candidates, as a result of Cenk Uygur is a grifter, although a few of his latest exhibits are first rate, and Cornel West and Claudia de la Cruz are far too leftwing, with De La Cruz being extra blatantly anti-White. To not point out that, like Dr. Shiva, Cenk is ineligible to be president, as a result of not being born within the US.
Libertarian Candidates
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Of the Libertarian candidates, Chase Oliver is extra of an open borders libertarian, although good on some stances. Michael Rectenwald is significantly better and sounds extra like a Paleolibertarian, like Ron Paul. Rectenwald’s immigration proposal of getting residents invite and sponsor immigrants, thus being chargeable for immigrants, sounds near my proposal for linking immigration to enclavism.
Ron DeSantis
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On coverage points, DeSantis’s file as governor was combined. His finest coverage accomplishments have been taking motion towards woke firms, like Disney, cracking down on unlawful immigration, and a few nature conservation points. A few of his worst coverage choices have been insurance coverage reforms, that enriched insurance coverage corporations whereas screwing over clients, and his anti-free speech legislation, with regard to antisemitism.
DeSantis is each an financial and social conservative, in addition to extra hawkish on overseas coverage. DeSantis has proven his neocon colours after Israel’s struggle, calling for a harder stance towards Iran. DeSantis represents a reversal of Trump’s realignment that undermined the outdated guard GOP alliance, of overseas coverage hawks, enterprise conservatives, and the Non secular Proper. Numerous neocons and Reaganites backed him, and I suspected he was a malicious program for the Bushes and Reagan Republicans to take again energy.
DeSantis is mainly a compromise between the GOP institution and MAGA. There are apt comparisons between DeSantis and Elizabeth Warren, as Warren was a compromise between the DNC institution and Bernie Sanders’ motion. This compromise place failed, as MAGA needs Trump and Trump-skeptic Republicans choose an outright institution candidate, like Nikki Haley.
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The primary optimistic of DeSantis is taking motion on woke firms, whereas Trump got here quick on taking motion on establishments. There’s additionally a case that DeSantis is extra competent at governing than Trump. DeSantis lacks authenticity, although I don’t care if he isn’t tremendous charismatic. Regardless, DeSantis’s rhetoric cheapens combating wokness to simply one other GOP wedge challenge. Simply because one thing is anti-woke doesn’t imply it’s good, because the neocons and Reaganites have been a response to the excesses of the New Left counter-culture and 70s/80s city crime wave.
Nikki Haley
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Nikki Haley is mainly a Dick Cheney/Kamala Harris or George Bush/Hillary Clinton hybrid. I’m inclined to say that Haley is even worse than Biden, with Biden barely much less terrible on some points. As an example, Haley is more likely to begin a overseas struggle than Biden. Like Trump, Biden can also be extra accelerationist whereas Haley is sort of a return again to the Bush period. Additionally many oligarchs now favor Haley over Biden. Nikki Haley is a warmonger, for austerity, for mass immigration, horrible for civil liberties, desirous to ban nameless social media postings, and dangerous for the setting. Regardless of chiding wokeness, Haley is mainly a watered down model of wokeness, partaking in identification politics about her ethnic background and gender.
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Different Republicans
Ryan Binkley seems like a reasonable Republican from 20 years in the past. I don’t have a powerful opinion on Dough Burgum, however he strikes me as a reasonably commonplace true conservative. I don’t know what to make of Tim Scott. He’s a Reaganite neocon, who additionally has a slight libertarian bent, and tries to attraction to MAGA, in contrast to the outright institution candidates like Christie, Haley, and Hutchinson. Scott is much proper on economics and a overseas coverage hawk whereas extra liberal on race, which is a horrible combo.
Larry Elder is a Reaganite ideologue, who presents himself as a principled small authorities, small “l” libertarian. I bear in mind how dismissive he was of Ron Paul, as a supposed libertarian. Plus Elder was supportive of George Bush. Principally he’s a hybrid between mainstream conservativism with libertarianism. Although to be honest, he ought to have been allowed to debate.
Francis Suarez did a semi first rate job as Miami mayor. As mayor, he’s recognized for being pro-Crypto, in addition to pro-urbanism/walkable improvement, and for mass transit, whereas avoiding the city decay of different main cities. Suarez can also be far more pro-environment than different Republicans. Suarez has backed Democrats, which isn’t inherently dangerous, however makes him seem to be an opportunist. He was seemingly working for a cupboard positions and to spice up his political future, like most different decrease tier candidates. He was a clean slate, and we don’t know a lot about his nationwide coverage positions. He could very effectively be a neocon or Clintonite neoliberal. To not point out he’s pretty liberal on immigration. Regardless, Suarez exhibits the professionals and cons of centrist politics.
Dean Philips
Congressman, Dean Phillips, looks as if a neoliberal centrist, who talks about coming collectively and is keen to speak to individuals throughout the aisle, with this healthful Midwestern picture. Dean Phillips comes throughout as nuanced but in addition double confronted. It is because he’s an institution politician who can also be working towards the DNC, and protesting a rigged system. In an interview on the All-In podcast, Phillips spoke out towards the army industrial advanced but in addition mentioned that we now have to hold in there with the struggle in Ukraine. He additionally revised his platform to take away woke CRT planks to attraction to centrists. Philips appeals to prosperous, centrist, neoliberal voters who discover Biden too socialist, or wish to return to the bipartisan consensus. He jogs my memory a little bit of Michael Bloomberg, in addition to a reasonable Democrat from the 00s, like John Edwards.
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Joe Biden
By far, the worst facet of Joe Biden is his home struggle on terror, suppressing civil liberties and weaponizing the FBI and Justice Division towards political adversaries and dissidents. The Biden admin has pushed for DEI in authorities and company rules, selling systemic anti-White discrimination. To not point out Biden opening the borders, with unlawful immigration at a file excessive.
Biden has proven recklessness on overseas coverage, with the inept diplomacy of Jimmy Carter however a lot much less dovish and extra more likely to provoke battle with different nations. Nonetheless, Biden is much from probably the most hawkish and has additionally proven restraint to the ire of neocons. As an example, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which was messy, was nonetheless the appropriate resolution.
Biden is definitely horrible from each progressive and rightwing populist views. As an example, he pivoted to the middle on the debt ceiling and agreed to the GOP’s austerity on the poor whereas not slicing authorities spending. Biden is probably the most fiscally liberal president since LBJ, if no more so. Nonetheless, the financial advantages have disproportionally gone to the highest revenue bracket and to establishments, whereas atypical persons are caught with inflation. The Biden admin is without doubt one of the most corrupt in trendy historical past.
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Biden and Trump have each ushered in paradigm shifts away from neoliberalism, in the direction of state capitalism and de-globalization. There’s some nuance, as Biden has some old fashioned Democrat stances, whereas Obama epitomized neoliberalism. As an example, Biden’s push to put money into infrastructure, with the Chips Act, and assist for company anti-trust below Lina Khan. Biden additionally cracked down on overdraft banking charges, which is sweet. Whereas there may be seemingly quite a lot of corruption and cronyism with the Chips Act and Construct Again Higher, the truth that Biden received accused by the Economist of embracing affirmative motion for poor rural Whites, means he have to be doing one thing proper. To not point out that Company America is now betting on a Trump win, with Trump pursuing a way more merger-friendly antitrust coverage than Biden. Both Biden is doing sure issues proper, or he’s so dangerous on the financial system that even oligarchs are getting chilly toes.
Candidate Quiz Outcomes:
Supply: isidewith.com/elections/2024-presidential-quiz
The I aspect with and on the problems presidential candidate quizzes got here out otherwise, with neither matching my rating. As an example, RFK jr. comes out on prime with the I aspect with quiz however a lot decrease for on the problems. It is usually attention-grabbing that Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden, in addition to Donald Trump and Jill Stein are tied. Chris Christie and Kanye West being ranked the very best on the I aspect with quiz is hilarious. Regardless, the rankings present my anti-establishment centrist views, which can be neither conservative nor liberal. I aspect with pegs me as a reasonable left-libertarian whereas on the problems as a left-leaning centrist. I’m open to supporting a extra mainstream centrist, however there may be at all times one thing actually terrible about them. As an example, I ranked Joe Manchin low for sponsoring the Prohibit Act, although the I aspect with quiz ranks Manchin nearer to my views.
Supply: ontheissues.org/Quiz/Quiz2024
In 2020, I voted for Tulsi Gabbard within the Democrat main and voted for neither Trump nor Biden within the basic election. I’ll assist RFK jr. as an impartial, but when RFK jr. shouldn’t be on the poll, there’s a slim likelihood that I’ll tepidly assist Trump. Who is aware of, I’ll look into one other impartial candidate, maybe Dr. Shiva.
Since independents can’t vote within the GOP main, I’ll most likely vote for Marianne Williamson within the Democratic main. There’s attention-grabbing psychological/political symbolism, that’s dualism/Yin-Yang or theosophy in voting for somebody like Marianne Williamson after which Donald Trump. Whereas some Trump supporters are voting for Williamson, simply to undermine Biden, the perfect is placing forth the optimistic, egalitarian, progressive first, as a fig leaf, however then as soon as the optimistic alternative is rejected then embrace the darker, extra fashy aspect, and provides a large center finger. RFK jr. additionally reconciles these two forces, although is extra optimistic like Williamson.
