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AOC says she's worth less than $500,000 after kickback claims — and seems to get kudos from Trump fans in response
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Right, I'm aware of the general history and not debating any of it. What I meant was the democrat establishment back-stabbed his campaign both times, but it sounded like you were blaming him for it.
If it were me I would have posted the DNC's emails on twitter (back when it was twitter) and used the momentum to take over the DNC and fuck up the oligarch controlled duopoly.
A progressive with balls would have done that. Instead they called him old and screamed about him getting Trump elected (he was elected anyway) and then Bernie said ok and dropped out.
I hear you, but Bernie was in what, his mid-70s, and had pretty much always played by the book as far as I know. Even though I was somewhat disappointed in him after having not only given money but also canvassed for him, several times, I didn't really expect him to go scorched-earth.
It's not going scorched earth lol.
Neolibs don't improve anything, him ending the DNC would have been a mercy killing.
But he didn't have the balls to step on his coworkers despite them stepping on his voters.
He refused power despite being the most responsible person in the room.
And that's why he's not president material.
From a politician's standpoint, it would be scorched earth. Think about it from his perspective: what would that have accomplished? It certainly wouldn't have ended the DNC as previous DNC email scandals hadn't. It would have made his fans even more loyal, but would have pissed the rest of the democratic party apparatus. He would have said goodbye to any and all opportunities for being in committees and any cooperation from establishment democrats from then on, possibly have had an intense primary challenge afterward. A lot of libs still blame him for Hillary losing to Trump, even though he didn't do anything questionable. It was all lose no gain from his perspective.
I agree he's not president material, but because he's too old to win now (even though he's still sharper than either Biden or Trump when they won their elections).
What he accomplished would have been starting an actual leftist movement instead of continuing to step rank and file with a party that isn't interested in supporting any of his policies.
He's literally an independent because he didn't fit into the role the DNC made for him. I was extremely disappointed someone who recognized the existence of the Duopoly would allow himself to be intimidated into supporting it.
I can understand the sentiment. The problem as I see it is that the political duopoly in the US has a complete death grip on the electoral system. One of the very few ways that that can be loosened is via alternative voting methods like ranked-choice, approval, star voting, etc. That's why if I spend any energy in politics in the future it will be to push these alternatives.
So why do you think either of the two parties who support the rich would uproot the system they exist to enforce?
I never thought they would. They would have to be forced to do it by voter initiatives/referenda, like has happened in various cities and states so far, usually with resistance by one or both parties.
I wish I beleived this system could still be fixed from within.
So do I. I see voting/electoral reform as the only hope of change short of a literal revolution.