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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If you think your salvation is in the neoliberals that enabled their opposition into getting us here for 50 years, you're almost as deluded as Trump's legion of useful idiots.

The DNC would rather lose to the Fascists than move to the left. The former keeps their shared bribe gravy train running which is the point, fighting their bribers would not.

The DNC either needs to be stolen by a populist leftist as Trump did with the RNC, or get comfortable because if the choice is fascist or neoliberal as it has been for half a century, we will continue to find new depths to descend to until total system collapse.

Fascism is the union of business and state to accelerate metastasis at any cost, let's say we even have another free election, and best case scenario we elect another neoliberal, I can't respect your opinion or consider it informed if you truly believe the Neoliberals will once back in power do a thing to meaningfully reign in the capitalist's governmental capture or redistribute their Ill gotten wealth.

If the Neoliberals somehow get back into power in 4 years, they'll leave the table set for the fascists to march again in another 4. Affirmation ribbons are leaps and bounds better than scapegoats, but you can't eat affirmation ribbons, nor can you live in them. Our mass homeless population, our murder for profit confidence scheme we call American Healthcare, our education system at every level in utter ruin, these are not partisan issues because they would cost big corpo exploited profits to fix, and so both parties protect the status quo from us, the people that suffer and die under them. Fascists point and laugh at you, but neoliberals just shrug and go "market forces, amirite 🤷?"

Oligarchy is why we have Trump. There probably isn't hope, but if you refuse understand big corpo is the enemy of the people and the cause of all this stemming from the Reagan Revolution, then not only will you burn in the fires of fascism, you'll burn ignorant as to why and how to boot.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

Grrr that hard left who wants to feed the hungry and house the homeless, and pay for it by taking money from people who won't even feel it, wow so radical.

[–] Gregg@lemm.ee 69 points 2 days ago

The oligarchy pays me to pretend to fight for you! Wait. Cut that part.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Makes me wonder how many more senators in the democratic party have similar opinions. my estimate is at least %70

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[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

For those of you that can't be bothered to read more than a headline:

Dem Senator Says Party Needs to Stop Attacking ‘Oligarchy’ and Focus on Losing ‘Woke’ Reputation

AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has urged her Democratic colleagues to stop attacking the “oligarchy” on Thursday, arguing that the word did not resonate with most Americans and should be replaced with “kings.”

During an interview with Politico national politics correspondent Adam Wren, Slotkin spoke about her “war plan” to “contain and defeat” President Donald Trump.

Detailing her plan, Slotkin – a former analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – argued that the Democratic Party needed to lose its “weak and woke” reputation and “fucking retake the flag,” adopting a “goddamn Alpha energy” inspired by Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell.

“She said Democrats should stop using the term ‘oligarchy,’ a phrase she said doesn’t resonate beyond coastal institutions, and just say that the party opposes ‘kings,'” wrote Wren, who reported that Slotkin was planning to deliver a series of speeches in the coming months about her plan.

Slotkin told the news outlet, “Trump is doing a whole bunch of things that I think are a threat to our economy and a threat to our Democracy and I have a responsibility on behalf of my state to point that out and try to do something about that.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) – the most likely Democratic presidential nominee in 2028, according to analyst Nate Silver – recently commenced a “Fight Oligarchy” tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) across the United States.

Last month, after Slotkin was asked by a constituent how she would “step up for us now” like Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders, Slotkin threw shade at her progressive colleagues.

“Everyone you mentioned has a lot of words, but what have they actually done to change the situation with Donald Trump and the cuts and the attacks on our judiciary and the attacks on our Constitution?” asked Slotkin, who claimed her responsibilities fighting Trump’s government cuts forced her “to be more than just an AOC.”

“I can’t do what she does because we live in a purple state, and I’m a pragmatist,” she concluded.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, talking about "alpha energy" definitely doesn't make the speaker look sad and weak. /s

Even if pandering to the manosphere wasn't itself incredibly cringe, she's years out of date on their terminology. Truly this is a demonstration of how she's got her finger on the pulse of the people.

And "kings" is very much not a synonym for "oligarchy" and she's definitely purposefully choosing that rather than something that would continue to offend the uber-wealthy.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

a phrase she said doesn’t resonate beyond coastal institutions

The crowds at the AOC rallies prove her wrong. It does resonate with people, just not for the pro-business, zionist, reach across the aisle industry-whore constituents Slotkin represents.

"Everyone you mentioned has a lot of words, but what have they actually done to change the situation with Donald Trump "

The anti oligarchy tour drew huge crowds and energized an angry base thats rapidly abandoning the democratic party. What has Slotkin done, besides uselessly infight with progressives, push lobbyist interests, and normalize a bunch of language the republicans use? Here she is denigrating "coastal institutions" as out of touch, and in her state of the union rebuttal she said Ronald reagan would be rolling over in his grave. Why is she talking about Ronald Reagan? i'd hope Reagan's coffin is 1000% full of democrats piss, so I'd be happy if he rotated in that piss all day every day. She sure talks like a republican.

Slotkin is a shining example of everything thats wrong about the DNC and the current democratic party.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, Elissa fails to realize US income distribution is a huge problem in the USA and the oligarchs are controlling it.

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Fuckkk off 9th American oblast.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You. Cannot. Build. A. System. Of. Social. Justice. In. A. System. Of. Political/Economic. Injustice.

There's a reason why we got so much shit done in the 60-70s, socially, and why nobody really feels like we've progressed much since then.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Controlled opposition

I have no regrets leaving

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

It's really nice when the false progressives out themselves so openly.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Slotkin just made herself part of the problem.

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[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The bully is calling me names. I must be bad.

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[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Who gives a shit about some stupid label the MAGAt morons have come up with??? Fascism needs to go! That should be the resounding message here!

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Hooray another sack of shit politician attempting to derail from real issues

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