Alexandria Ocasio Cortez - "Not All Dems Are The Same"

[EndDomination]

Wild thing is, they're running on what should be common-sense platforms.

Universal healthcare, education expansion, ease of immigration, more funding toward safety-net, more democratic control of enterprise, stronger labor unions, maternity leave, mass-environmental protection, etc.

Its only because of the twisted sense of political ideology that the majority of Americans have, and massive propaganda from industry/lobbies that these haven't already been implemented.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

that's why you just have to laugh at these people who are freaking out about AOC and her policies

because they are in for a RUDE awakening in the next 10-20 years

whether it be via continuing decline in the quality of life, economic depression, automation and climate catastrophe or all of the above

the left or progressives in this country will be staunchly anti-capitalists and they will rightfully be unashamed of that.

the key is simple: the left or the collective (which I feel is a better term for a variety of reasons) has the vision for a future that the right and the center doesn't.

Wild thing is, they're running on what should be common-sense platforms.

Universal healthcare, education expansion, ease of immigration, more funding toward safety-net, more democratic control of enterprise, stronger labor unions, maternity leave, mass-environmental protection, etc.

Its only because of the twisted sense of political ideology that the majority of Americans have, and massive propaganda from industry/lobbies that these haven't already been implemented.

 

[FAH1223]

 

[DonKnock]

Wild thing is, they're running on what should be common-sense platforms.

Universal healthcare, education expansion, ease of immigration, more funding toward safety-net, more democratic control of enterprise, stronger labor unions, maternity leave, mass-environmental protection, etc.

Its only because of the twisted sense of political ideology that the majority of Americans have, and massive propaganda from industry/lobbies that these haven't already been implemented.

It is a result of the right having shifted the Overton Window (mainstream political framing of issues) so far to the right that these policies seem unpalatable.

From the Southern Strategy (racial policy), rise of the Chicago School of Economics (pushed for total unrestrained capitalism), and the Tea Party (filled in the blanks), conservatives selected policy positions that were increasingly extreme and then refused to compromise on anything.

Mitch McConnell is the personification of this.

Look how he un-waveringly took the nuclear option on supreme court justices after having stonewalled Obama's choice for months.

Garland was a moderate judge that many republicans liked...

This is why Republicans are so afraid of the Squad, because they are aware, unlike the establishment Dems, that Republicans are a bunch of scumbags that won't compromise on anything and the best way to combat that is with similarly cutthroat tactics.

These 4 won't be bullied, and you can see conservative pundits get up on stage or TV and decry their tactics, as if the Republicans haven't been doing way more extreme measures for decades, because they know that they aren't going to be able to get away with it anymore.

 

[EndDomination]

It is a result of the right having shifted the Overton Window (mainstream political framing of issues) so far to the right that these policies seem unpalatable.

From the Southern Strategy (racial policy), rise of the Chicago School of Economics (pushed for total unrestrained capitalism), and the Tea Party (filled in the blanks), conservatives selected policy positions that were increasingly extreme and then refused to compromise on anything.

Mitch McConnell is the personification of this.

Look how he un-waveringly took the nuclear option on supreme court justices after having stonewalled Obama's choice for months.

Garland was a moderate judge that many republicans liked...

This is why Republicans are so afraid of the Squad, because they are aware, unlike the establishment Dems, that Republicans are a bunch of scumbags that won't compromise on anything and the best way to combat that is with similarly cutthroat tactics.

These 4 won't be bullied, and you can see conservative pundits get up on stage or TV and decry their tactics, as if the Republicans haven't been doing way more extreme measures for decades, because they know that they aren't going to be able to get away with it anymore.

We just need another 50 of them minimum to run.

Honestly, DSA has a chapter in every state, and there is going to be at least one likable, electable person from a chapter somewhere in that state. They don't even have to be DSA, just a general Progressive Democrat, or someome willing to run a Progressive agenda under "Republican" is enough

 

[bnew]

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[mastermind]

This is not specifically about AOC, but this is interesting. @FAH1223, you mentioned this before.

Why Nancy Pelosi Won't Impeach

Among other things, this reflex of self-insulation comes at the considerable cost of message coherence. That’s why at the bottom of all the recent controversy engulfing Pelosi’s speakership, there’s something of a yawning void of actual leadership—namely, the failure to articulate any rationale for inaction if that is, in fact, the best course. Meanwhile, the lawmakers in The Squad also acutely understand—in a way that is politically savvy—that their primary leverage in negotiating with more senior members of Congress who disagree with them is mobilizing public sentiment, and they are very effective in utilizing media to that end.

To put it simply: They are doing their jobs. Members of Congress are not charged with only keeping members of the opposite party accountable; they also have a responsibility to ensure sound decision-making in the best interests of the public among the leaders and colleagues within their own caucus. Seniority should have no bearing on whether members fulfill that duty. When they push Pelosi to do something—and to do it now rather than letting the administration continue its rampaging of democracy for an apparently indefinite period of time—they are doing what voters elected them to do.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

 

[FAH1223]

This is not specifically about AOC, but this is interesting. @FAH1223, you mentioned this before.

Why Nancy Pelosi Won't Impeach

on another unrelated note:

 

[ColdSlither]

on another unrelated note:

The look of on that intern's face

 

[FAH1223]

 

[FAH1223]

 

[the next guy]

 

[Gus Money]

What the fukk, man. This is disturbing on multiple levels.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]