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I went to a GOP congressman's town hall. The rage over DOGE is a force to be reckoned with.
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AOC seems to be having a moment. And Bernie seems to be in the recruitment phase for something, at least I hope he is.
Don't expect much from Bernie on that front. He's a good progressive Senator, but he'll never actually lead a progressive movement. I don't know if he doesn't have it in him anymore or if he's just not that kind of guy, but Bernie works a lot better as a symbol than as a leader.
He's already led two progressive movements.
Led them to what?
AOC seems to be throwing in with Bernie. Yes, Bernie is getting older, but with a sort of confirmed 'successor' may still have some bite..... as long as the Democratic party doesn't pull the same bullshit.
I don't think you're getting me. Just voting for progressive candidates won't fix things. I don't know if there was any point where that was enough to fix things, but if there was it definitely isn't now. Therefore, Bernie—who did not, does not and will not recommend any method of resistance beyond simply voting—is incapable of leading a progressive movement. Bernie and politicians like him need an independent progressive movement behind them to win elections; if you put them in charge of the movement they'll sit around doing nothing for most of the year.
I was a vote guy until last November. You're absolutely 100% right. Electoralism has failed. We cannot expect elected officials to somehow fix this and we cannot expect people in Washington to fix it. Bernie said as much himself. The system is corrupt to its core and it's gonna take a movement from the grass roots level to change it.
Or more likely America will just become a fascist dictatorship complete with concentration camps, disappearing people, fake ass state run media, and pretend elections.