There may be no one in the Democratic Party who speaks more eloquently to the spirit of the working class than AOC, yet for some reason centrist Dems who say "We need to speak to the working class!" see her and are like, "Well, not that way, I mean, uh, you know, maybe somebody else"
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AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
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The first thing Sinema did was curtsy/thumb-down a livable wage.
People/Voters need to wake up and relearn what the New Deal was reacting to and why it flourished.
and Fair Society as their primary mission, believing that the corporate donations that would unlock would make them the preferred face of American business.
Not sure where you saw me talking about Netanyahu--maybe you're confusing me with someone else? Or could you refer me to my post about him so I can respond?
Dems are right wing, there is no centrism there and AOC and Bernie buy bowing down to the party, are not that much better.
Wait, did we say "speak to"? We meant "talk down to". We need someone to talk down to the working class. That's always worked well for us in the past, and we don't see any need to change now.
Whoa whoa, hold on there buddy.
If AOC was White, they wouldn’t be saying that. It’s the same old, same old.
I know, I have been through it all my life.
But I sort of get the criticism.
Sometimes-& this happened with Kamala too—the presentation may be too polished-not spontaneous -not off the cuff-
And restrained from cursing where America is at.
Just guessing as a Canadian btw
I have no idea if she curses or not-
I’m just saying that all those constituents out there at town halls are getting up to the mic and cursing!
They WANT their reps to do the same!
IOW, the worst of all possible outcomes.
https://bsky.app/profile/mark-sysum.bsky.social/post/3lkpc2hitok2y
STUPID AMERICANS vote with their prejudices and not their pocketbooks. The media also helps enforce this bias to keep AOC out of the halls of power.
AoC is self funding hence she is an outsider to the worthy of the Democrats and it will take decades for new blood to seize control.
Progressives resonate with voters. Centrists message to please donors not voters.
But, she speaks the truth, regardless of if you like it or not. I’m behind her 100%
Trusting Capitalists to explain Capitalism is not wise. But Marxist don't quote Marx on 'Depreciation' very much.
Then there is the planned obsolescence that has been going on since WWII. Not much analysis of that by our so called Economists.
We are trapped in an Economic Power Game that was running before we were born. The vast majority of people were never taught how to play. Then technology is constantly changing the game.
https://bsky.app/profile/mark-sysum.bsky.social/post/3lkpc2hitok2y
American conservatives can just scream that they think the poor should die, and people are like “this is good business sense”
who:
gave us NAFTA and the acceleration of the rust belt;
rejected the “public option” thus extending the healthcare crisis;
and gave Bush the votes he needed to go into Iraq costing thousands of American lives?
Surely, you don’t mean those centrist Dems.
Republicans are the party of the non-working class.
Centrist don’t feel her, that’s it. Oh & they don’t want someone who IS working class, just a person who can talk TO the working class.
They want a middle class man.
May she continue to light a fire 🔥 in the hearts and minds of those whose heartbreak over the state we are in is as deep as hers.
It’s just a lie about who the working class actually is.
https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/
The actual working class, those reattaching downed power lines in a snowstorm and fixing your backed up plumbing, went with Donald Trump.
One promises freebies, the other opportunity.
They have nothing in common and despise each other.
When someone complains progressives have too many purity tests, they always mean "not taking bribes" among them.
there is fundamentally no difference between republicans and establishment democrats.
that’s why they’re all sitting around with their thumbs up their asses wondering why everyone is mad at them while bernie and aoc have to rally for us.
Everybody is confused about what is "working class" now.
I am not sure Karl Marx would know if people in service and hospitality are the best examples of "working class".
Like Engels's factory girl mistress was working class, but Marx's maids were not.
This "if we were so lucky" and there were only a few people who see it differently.
You know that Marx's maid did not draw wages, but had his child, right?
https://theherocall.substack.com/p/the-pushback-a-recap-of-wins-for
Change or die, Dems
Turning the ACA into an insurance company bailout, expanding CTC then pulling the rug, etc.
In fact Democrats whole problem is centering the entire party around upper middle class prerogatives while ignoring workers.
I am UMC and it amazes me how many people in my category consider...
*Throat cancer guy chosen Ranking Member on HOC over AOC, remember? No you don’t, cuz he’s a jar of mayonnaise with legs.
If she goes against Vance or Trump Jr., she would wipe the floor with either of them.
If we want to evolve as a nation and progress as a people we MUST embrace this movement NOW!
I assume because I stopped watching that nonsense a year ago...
The people who think "working class is inherently male white native-born and the rest are stealing the proper working class's jobs" are plentiful and they vote.
I don’t think it had much to do with me…" https://open.substack.com/pub/jesspiper/p/you-are-going-to-have-to-tell-them?r=cxnub
This right wing is a diseased thing which needs to be amputated.
They can't do the amputation and have AOC. And having the right wing be their buddy is more important to them than doing the right thing.
Sounds diseased.
Dem Party leadership today are really Eisenhower Republicans with deeper ties of corruption to the Dark Money Men of the Far Right like Koch & Crow...
If you try unconventional tactics, you might win, but, if you lose, you are shit out of luck.
She is the only politician in my lifetime that gives me the feeling of authenticity and NOT political smarminess.
She's the only one who speaks out the way I would in her position.
Middle class, very good education,
bartended/worked at McDonald's/waitress
during summer break/gap year in France/in between jobs/during "wild years".
It irritates them.