Being Left in a Centrist Paradigm
If you live in the UK or in a Dem bubble in the USA you are probably not familiar with Krystal Ball (yes that’s her given name) and the online show she co-hosts called ‘Rising’ which is on ‘The Hill’ channel. What’s amazing about the show is that her other co-host (Saagar Enjeti) is a Republican while she is a left-wing, progressive yet they disagree on very little. I’ve just watched an interview with Krystal on the Nomiki Konst show (another online programme).
What many people admire about Krystal is that when a guest on Rising makes a BS statement she fearlessly and consistently jumps on it, skillfully demolishing the argument. She previously stood for Congress, winning the primary, but close to election day a journalist dug up some raunchy (though very tame) photos of her at a party. Refusing the option to roll over and die, she faced it head on and launched her career as a radical journalist.
Her dissection of the corruption within the Democratic Party is clinical and incredibly on point. Having been a presenter on MSNBC, a supposedly left-leaning cable channel and having run for office she has amazing insights into the psyche and temperament of what are corporatist politicians and journalists. Rather than simply demonising them she explains how they are shaped by their environment and fear of being…
