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[–] [email protected] 129 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

It's extremely frustrating to see this guy dropping one truth bomb after another just to have nobody listen to him. I wish Sanders was younger.

Edit: It's really sad, now that I think of it. Here is a man who has devoted his entire life to the betterment of his country. And here he still is, in his eighties, continuing to fight to prevent the rights and liberties that he in his twenties fought to create from being undone. If there was any justice in this world, he should have just now wrapped up his term as President of the United States and be enjoying the few years he has left on this earth in peace after having passed the torch to the next generation of Democratic leaders. Bernie Sanders, a true patriot and devoted warrior for the working class to the very end.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

we could ensure aoc is listened to

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Is AOC as good as Sanders? Honest question

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

She is very smart and moral. Thats why the right hates her

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've started doubting her since she voted to make a railroad strike illegal, which essentially pulls the teeth from their union. Pro-worker indeed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like she's more of a pragmatist while Sanders is firm and staunch in his ideology. AOC will bend the knee to the Party when she realises she needs to in order to get what she wants, but only just enough so that they don't hate her guts. Sanders had the luxury of being able to raise the middle finger to the Party because they knew they had to suffer him anyway owing to his huge popularity among the left. Sander's popularity allows him to remain ideologically pure. AOC doesn't have the power.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Sanders has the donors and support from 50+ years of service.

AOC needed to do something to gain party support while she builds her national support network.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

We're about to find out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, she's another sheepdog

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

what's it like being part of the problem?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ask yourself in the mirror. Liberals demanding protection for the status quo are the problem

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

aoc wants status quo? that's a daft implication.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What's it like believing that this time you'll kick that football for the hundredth time?

Related question: how many times does someone have to tell you who they are before you believe them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

They will never learn because they will always excuse the behavior of Lucy pulling back the football. 'The parliamentarian made me do it.' 'Semina did it again', etc. they always have someone else to blame for their ineptitudes

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Fuck. Your edit made me feel really really sad for him. Heart wrenching.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The war on the working class is over and decisively won by the oligarchs. They started it over 30 years ago and today we're seeing the end stages of their plans.

Rising up to fight now is all but futile; they have their surveillance states and police apparati firmly in place. I fear the only way to change the situation is if people from within would stand with us... no idea how to pull that off however.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah nah get fucked with this defeatist shit. We have many tools at our disposal. The General Strike for one. We’re not gonna just give up this world to some fucking cringe pedophile loser who cheats at video games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I remember I read about people using guillotines somewhere…

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

You could start by NOT sowing despair.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Dude, look over the world. Much more oppressive regimes with more control have ended with revolutions.

To be honest, what seems to be coming closer is a period of civil unrest in the US, which may end with either with people Musk and Bezos hanging from the streetlights or full civil war. The recession that Trump is producing right now only lets the wealthy raid the coffers if the poor still have something to lose in the process. Once that's gone, shit will go down.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree the first war is over but it doesn't mean we can't start a second.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Problem now is that americans see themselves as consumers, not workers.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes what we should really do is pray someone else who is benefiting from the system will save us 🙏🙏🙏 ^/s^

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You say that like people aren't elevating AOC in this thread

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

If you’re just going to demotivate people, maybe keep it to yourself and don’t post.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Eh. Until they remove the second amendment, there's lots left to be done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That being said. I am suspending my campaign and I encourage all of you to vote this november for my good friend mr oligarch.