“It is not just that my side — the ideas I believe in like bodily autonomy, economic justice and diversity — are losing in the marketplace of ideas. It is that many of the ideas that I believe in absolutely kill in the marketplace of ideas, and it *does not matter*.”
Also, abortion access has proved to be a winner in every election in which it has been centered, and voters prefer progressive policies when presented independently of party affiliation. The public prefers Democrats’ ideas, but they’ve been biased against Democrats by hostile, oligarch-owned media.
"Marketplace of ideas" is always a smokescreen for the people who want to destroy civilization.
Their ideas are inherently meritless and toxic; only by tricking people into the paradox of tolerance can they turn any of those bad ideas into bad policy.