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Freddie and The Niche

Freddie deBoer had some thoughts on my article on pseudo-independents. Here's my response.

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Carl Beijer
Apr 29, 2022
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Yesterday I wrote about the rise of pseudo-independents — a large and rapidly growing group of Americans who behave like partisans, but who call themselves independent. Freddie deBoer has written a response, though to what I’m not entirely sure. So I’ll just make a few points:

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