My understanding of AOC from discussing her with DSA people is that we’re kind of mixed on her being the candidate. Obviously she’s good on a lot of issues, but she’s also buckled on some important things like weapons for Israel. I doubt she’s a straight up Zionist, but we need to know that the person most visibly representing the movement is going to not back down on red line issues just for political expediency.
I think I’d probably still vote for her personally over another neolib if she’s our best shot in the primary, but it would be nice if we could get someone a bit more principled/someone with more of a spine. We have two years to figure this out. Let’s not wait until it’s too late and have to settle. That said, it’s not gonna be easy. The criteria of a person born in the US, over the age of 35, with enough name recognition to plausibly run a national campaign, and wants to run while still being a principled leftist is gonna make it tough to find someone in time.
What she should do is turn herself over to HAMAS or some sort of palestinians peoples’ court.
If we’re talking getting elected then I dont know. Its not like any of that shit matters as long as you have the machine behind you. The media was calling Biden the most progressive president since JFK and making Harris out to be some feminist POC activist. Hillary became the “most qualified candidate ever” on the back of a short career as a senator and a term as foreign secretary where she created open-air slave markets and laid the ground work for all the bullshit that’s making eggs so expensive now.
Material reality does not matter when you have cultural hegemony.
Agreed. I’d be happy to vote for her as president. I just think shes still young and can do alot more good work in congress before being president and essentially retired after.
AOC
My understanding of AOC from discussing her with DSA people is that we’re kind of mixed on her being the candidate. Obviously she’s good on a lot of issues, but she’s also buckled on some important things like weapons for Israel. I doubt she’s a straight up Zionist, but we need to know that the person most visibly representing the movement is going to not back down on red line issues just for political expediency.
I think I’d probably still vote for her personally over another neolib if she’s our best shot in the primary, but it would be nice if we could get someone a bit more principled/someone with more of a spine. We have two years to figure this out. Let’s not wait until it’s too late and have to settle. That said, it’s not gonna be easy. The criteria of a person born in the US, over the age of 35, with enough name recognition to plausibly run a national campaign, and wants to run while still being a principled leftist is gonna make it tough to find someone in time.
She should run for Senate do that couple of terms or at least one. Then run for president.
What she should do is turn herself over to HAMAS or some sort of palestinians peoples’ court.
If we’re talking getting elected then I dont know. Its not like any of that shit matters as long as you have the machine behind you. The media was calling Biden the most progressive president since JFK and making Harris out to be some feminist POC activist. Hillary became the “most qualified candidate ever” on the back of a short career as a senator and a term as foreign secretary where she created open-air slave markets and laid the ground work for all the bullshit that’s making eggs so expensive now.
Material reality does not matter when you have cultural hegemony.
Agreed. I’d be happy to vote for her as president. I just think shes still young and can do alot more good work in congress before being president and essentially retired after.