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Ladies and gentlemen, this is the internet manifest:
1- blame her for having millions due to kickbacks
2- when she proves that her net worth is less than 500K make fun of her for having too little money
There's many things that expose the Right Wing Grift.
When AOC was first elected they mocked her for being a Bartender who "rose above her station"
What more proof do you need that the American Dream is bullshit
They call at that because you'd have to be asleep to believe it.
I mean if you take the internet as a monolith, you'll find contradictions every where. Some people will hate A because of B, some people will hate A because of C, but either way A is getting hate for both B and C.
So either there are millions of people online with different opinions but the crowd looks the same, or there is one very, very busy troll who is running all the accounts.
~help I'm so tired they won't give me a break to pee~
There is one group of people who both share the ire of most people and deserve it: The ultra rich.
I've had rednecks tell me they disagreed with Bernie on a lot but they liked how he hated billionaires. Ben Shapiro's gaggle of yes-men gave him grief for criticizing Luigi.
If votes count for anything anymore a smart, effective political party would be able to capitalize on this universal hatred.
Sadly, we have the Democrats.
I mean, that's a large part of Trump's original appeal, right? So many people on both sides agree there's rampant corruption in the government and politicians and billionaires getting too rich off it - and Trump promised an answer. And why his current wreckage of government still has many conservatives approving: they believe he is answering, kind of.
Now, if you could get Sanders and AOC to start a new party...
I love AOC. I'd vote for her in a heartbeat in primary and general elections. Now, whether she makes it to the general depends on the DNC, and I have no faith that the political consultant/establishment class will let anything remotely progressive through. No money to be made.
I guess the only way forward would be to vote for her in the primaries to such a degree that the Dems have not choice but to confirm her through.
Dems have no choice but to confirm her through.
That was the Bernie plan in 2016 & 2020 during the primaries. Clinton had the support of the established Democratic party and with superdelegates Clinton took a commanding lead. Similar situation with Biden, most dropped out before Super Tuesday and endorsed him.
Now both of these instances could be considered "smart politics". If you've got the political maneuvering to win the primary, then maybe you've got the same maneuvering to win the general.
It didn't work out for Clinton. It did work out for Biden.
When we look at our most recent election, it's clear there was a little bit more of a rift, but Harris was chosen and there was no primary.
Now, some of this is simplified and there is plenty to argue. But suffice to say we can't just vote for AOC "so much" that she'll win. I don't see the Democratic party supporting her.
Now it's too early to talk about 2028 realistically and a lot can change between now and then, but if she were running today she'd have my vote.
Or, get so much grassroots activism going that you can start a new party for her.
You might go a round of everyone flaming, "nooo! You have to support Dems or Repbs will win!!1!" But if enough people try a vote for your new party, next time it might have a chance.
She doesn’t have to start a new party. The left side of the dems should just use The Tea Party and MAGA playbook. They co-opted the GOP by pushing out Republican incumbents in local elections first. A shitton of money from the far-right went to these smaller elections. Then they moved on up and replaced Republican state senators. They created enough momentum that Trump became a viable candidate.
Push enough incumbents out and the Democrats have to take the left seriously. Plus it will normalize left wing rhetoric and policies among the populace. Screaming “cOmmUniSm” won’t work anymore when the people have seen these policies being implemented in their own communities.
Median property value in DC is $705,000.
She's likely living paycheck to paycheck as a sitting member of Congress. I like it.
Finally, some actual representation.
Shes so goddamn normal it's jarring
AOC feels like the only hope America has at any improvement.
I'm glad it seems that many democrats are quitting their Gatekeeping bullshit with AOC.
So frustrating to see people so concerned about the perception of some strawman caricature the right manufacture for our best fighters that we turn on our own. If it wasn't obvious, they attack her so relentlessly because they fear her and know her potential more some of our own.
Nancy Pelosi dedicated the month before Trump was inaugurated to ensuring AOC, a spoiler leftist in a sea of her crony neoliberals, didn't get an oversight committee seat.
Neoliberals Democrats hate actual leftwing politicians far more than they hate their fascist opposition party. Makes sense, Fascists and neoliberals have the same bosses and take the same bribe checks.
The pot accuses a bottle of milk of looking black
AOC is a prodigious fundraiser with a significant national following. She might only have a half-million in the bank, but her name and her reputation are worth orders of magnitude more.
Conservatives have a hard time believing someone like that isn't getting rich quick on $AOCCoin or LeftyBear merch offerings.
Gaslight
Obstruct
Project <-- we are here
That's because she's actually trying to help people, and you don't get rich helping people.
I think regardless of whether you are Republican or a Democrat, AOC is probably the closest to what a representative should be. Now whether you agree with her or not is a different discussion entirely, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. She's just the only one that actually seems to give a shit about who she represents. Whereas both for Republicans and Democrats the vast majority of our "representation" are crotchety and corrupt old people that don't give a shit anymore.
She’s just the only one that actually seems to give a shit about who she represents. Whereas both for Republicans and Democrats the vast majority of our “representation”
While I agree with almost everything you said, there's really no good reason to make a statement like that and leave Bernie in with the "vast majority" group. 🙂
The man has walked the walk for a very long time. (Yes he's too old to run for office now, but he deserves his due!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders#Political_activism
I think if we don't start WW3 and nuke the planet she's gonna be the first woman president in the US
The DNC would murder her if she broke through their primary defenses and got close enough.
They're fine with losing, the pendulum is part of the grift, what they aren't fine with is losing their half of that bipartisan oligarch gravy train. Our capitalists don't bribe both parties to have those parties stand against economic metastasis at all human cost.
We can have affirmation ribbons and be sucked dry by the oligarchs, or we can have scapegoating and be sucked dry by the oligarchs, that is the extent of our "freedom." Reagan and Kemp saw to that by getting their former opposition on the take.
Accusations of political corruption have surged online, partly fueled by Elon Musk.
Lol, says the guy who's currently at the top of corrupting world-politics...
AKA, every accusation is a confession
I hope that AOC has a security detail, a go bag and plan, and an ideal state to reside in. It is my expectation for Yarvin's Cabel to try to capture or assasinate her at some point, since she is one of the few major lightning rods to be the president of a Free America. We will need great people to organize the defense of our people against the fascist agenda.
Bernie, AOC, others, stay safe and strong. 🖖
They're so concerned about profittering they support a guy that was giving millions directly from China, took millions in goverment funds by making secret service stay in his hotels and charging them 1000x the rate of any other guest. This guy's will pay their life down for the biggest kleptocrat in US history, but yeah AOC needs to be monitored.
Can we all please notice how under capitalism, you can refer to people being 'worth' a dollar amount? Money is something you have, it says nothing about who you are. I'm fine with having an amount of wealth, but your worth is not measured in dollars, that's fucked
Man, if you don’t agree with her views, fine whatever. But for people to hate her so much to claim she’s corrupt when she’s clearly not is just silly.
We live in a stupid timeline. More politicians should be like her. We’d all be better off, regardless of which party they were from.