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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied claims that she is secretly wealthy, stating she is worth less than $500,000 and doesn’t trade stocks or take corporate money.

Her financial disclosures show modest savings and student debt.

Some conservatives on X, despite opposing her politics, praised her perceived integrity.

Accusations of political corruption have surged online, partly fueled by Elon Musk.

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[–] 45 points 2 years ago (29 children)

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

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I saw a recent interview Bernie did with AOC and I learned that she got into politics specifically because she was inspired by Bernie during his presidential run in 2016. Thats something I didn't realize and it explains a lot why we feel a lot of the same energy from them.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I say run him anyways - he can be the token 'old white dude', with AOC as his vice. If he kicks the bucket or finds that he is breaking down, he can pass the baton. Otherwise, we get an extra four years of progress for each term he runs. If dementia is a concern, just write a public contract under what terms he is out of the running.

    Something like "We know I am getting old. AOC has my right of attorney for determining my mental state."

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    No argument from me, but I have a suspicion that being old is going to be a third rail politically during the next general election, assuming we get one and that it resembles being a free and valid election in any way.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago* (22 children)

    Most Americans want progressive policies, they're just convinced from Cold War propaganda that progressivism/socialism is always the opposite of good.

    Bernie stopped running for president after the DNC told him to. He's proven he doesn't have what it takes to stand for his principles in a presidential run.

    I loved Bernie, even donated to him twice, but he's a coward and only does lip service these days.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

    Everybody should read Chaucer to improve their everyday vocabulary.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Him running as a real leftest canidate after they tried to suppress him would have been the right thing, and him not choosing that path set us down the path we're on today.

    There were a lot of Bernie voters who refused to vote for Hillary after that. The DNC lost the progressive vote for their actions in 2016.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

    The busker hoped that the people passing by would throw money, but they threw tomatoes instead, so he exchanged his hat for a juicer.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Yeah you're right, he made the right choice bending the knee to the Neoliberals because then the Neoliberals wouldn't have been able to beat Trump.

    Because Hillary beat Trump after the Neoliberals suppressed the Progressives in 2016, right? I forgot, can you remind me who won?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    It was the scarcity that fueled his creativity.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Bernie had more individual donations from real people than any canidate in US history.

    It was the 2nd biggest grassroots campaign in my life after obama

    Sorry you didn't pay attention

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm well aware of how Bernie turned individual donations into a funding juggernaut. But if you think a third party candidate would win in a first past the post system, then you're the one who's not paying attention

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Bernie stopped running for president after the DNC told him to.

    What do you mean by this?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    I mean that's objective, observable reality. It's history.

    The DNC pressured him to drop out for Hillary in 2015 after they didn't like the attention he was getting. The emails came out and the head of the DNC resigned.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us/politics/dnc-emails-sanders-clinton.html

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774/

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/24/debbie-wasserman-schultz-resigns-dnc-chair-emails-sanders

    Everyone could clearly see the DNC rigged the primary against him, and then forced him to drop out when he started beating their neolib canidate despite running 7 other progressives against him in the primary. (This is how Elizabeth Warren became well known, the DNC pulled her into the primary to siphon votes from Bernie, the first progressive they ever let primary with them.)

    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/14/16640082/donna-brazile-warren-bernie-sanders-democratic-primary-rigged

    www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/sanders-supporters-walk-off-convention-floor-blame-rigged-system-for-his-loss

    His time has unfortunately passed to be president

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (10 children)

    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.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    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.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    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).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    So why do you think either of the two parties who support the rich would uproot the system they exist to enforce?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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