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The Democratic Socialists of America pulled its endorsement of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York this week, accusing the progressive congresswoman of being insufficiently supportive of the Palestinian cause and efforts to end the war in Gaza..

Her approach has increasingly strained her relationship with some of the left’s most strident critics of Israel. When she rallied last month in the Bronx with Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Jamaal Bowman, dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators angry over her endorsement of Mr. Biden chanted “You’re a fraud, A.O.C.”

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You can and should rescind your support if they do something you disagree with

that is childish.

how many important questions are there to define your worldview?

  • do you support israel in the war? - yes/no
  • do you support abortion? - yes/no
  • ...

there is about 8 billion people in the world right now.

log~2~(8billion) is roughly 32.9.

2 to the power of 33 is roughly 8.6 billion. that is 8.6 billion different combinations formed by these 33 binary questions.

that is for whole world; for usa with population of 350m the magic number is 29 questions (behold the power of exponential function 😆)

in other words - if there is more than 33 binary questions to define your approach to world - there is statistically not a single other person in the world that would share your worldview completely (that is as long as the various worldviews are distributed evenly, which is probably not the case, but lets simplify here).

that is why, if you want to find a common ground with someone, you sometimes have to compromise (as every person who has ever been married tells you).

otherwise you will just end up alone and that is not strong negotiating position to change the world.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

which is why losing the endorsement was the compromise within the DSA.