I clearly disagree with Carlson on quite a few things, to say the least, but when you’re right, you’re right. What is probably most interesting about her selection is that the Silicon Valley techno-oligarchs and diversity-obsessed new clerisy apparently have greater influence in the Democratic Party than the “Empire First!” neocons and Never Trumpers who are colonizing the party, whom I’m sure would have preferred Susan Rice.

It’s also clear that the Democrats’ strategy is to ensure the loyalty of their urban cosmopolitan professional-managerial class base while deflecting any real or imaginary “radicals” in their ranks (Sanders, Warren, Yang, Tusli, the “Squad,” etc.). Diversity is fine as long it remains within the neoliberal paradigm.