you can measure the evolutionary rightward drift and corporate capture of the Democratic party by how much of an outlier articulating basic, traditional liberal values makes AOC and how deeply DNC elites despise her for doing it
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AOC representative the very bat crap crazy House Progressive Caucus nutjobs that are the mirror image of the same House Freedom Caucus bat crap crazy conservatives. Her side is equally as bad and 3x more dangerous because there are 3 times the number, 63 to 22.
Its all a game. Gotta drag the party right so aoc looks like shes on our team and all the revolutionary energy gets safely trapped in the democratic party
Well put, and the extreme you speak creates enantiodromia-- as we see now-- shown in the influx of people of all stripes towards Bernie and AOC. I am glad.
maybe they, the AOC team, need to put together an ad showing the Dems of the past saying the same things she is saying now, with cuts of them and her. then end asking where traditional Dem values went?
I do love her straight up calling it out in the stump, though. “I do not believe in basic dignity because I am a Marxist, I believe it because I was a waitress.”
I mean shit, even the 80s. Jesse Jackson's '88 primary run makes Bernie seem restrained! Like he ran on universal healtcare *and* reparations *and* defense budget cuts. And he won 12 states! He was the frontrunner for much of the primary!
I just scanned through this Democratic party platform from *1972*. It's a lot- times were different, and very much the same! "The right to be different" was a platform pillar along with health care for all, repro, DEI, and progressive taxes on the wealthy. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1972-democratic-party-platform
Who are you referring to as “them”?
What’s wrong with Marxism?
What politics is she promoting that was “standard issues 70’s liberalism” and, are you actually saying liberalism is good? What the fuck
Funny it might not be.
…funny thing is…
The internet was designed by…wait for it…
Do you remember who? I sure do. Was it designed for a certain thing in mind? Maybe humans need to stop adapting, intellectualizing and excusing? I don’t know, maybe it IS just little ole me…? 🤠 I think that’s silly tho
Thank you for clarifying.
Due to the horrible settler colonial public school system, we can all use reminders about grammar.
Most likely my head injury won’t miraculously be healed over this educative moment. So, I do appreciate kindness.
Yes they’ve rotted the brand from within. This was an explicit GOP PlanB formulated in the late 80s which resulted in Koch brothers backing the “New (corporate) Democrats” and their incarnate patronage couple Bill & Hillary Clinton. They put chrome on those hot wheels and never looked back.
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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1972-democratic-party-platform
What’s wrong with Marxism?
What politics is she promoting that was “standard issues 70’s liberalism” and, are you actually saying liberalism is good? What the fuck
…funny thing is…
The internet was designed by…wait for it…
Do you remember who? I sure do. Was it designed for a certain thing in mind? Maybe humans need to stop adapting, intellectualizing and excusing? I don’t know, maybe it IS just little ole me…? 🤠 I think that’s silly tho
Due to the horrible settler colonial public school system, we can all use reminders about grammar.
Most likely my head injury won’t miraculously be healed over this educative moment. So, I do appreciate kindness.