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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

My worry about AOC as candidate is that she's relatively alone in her political space, and is far from having Bernie's weight as of today. She's in the Democratic party, sure, but she's in a very small faction inside of it, which may lead to a Corbyn situation: she takes the helm of the party, but centrist figures begin attacking her from her own ranks with the support of the media until she's forced to concede to a moderate.

On the other hand, if you manage to get 100, 200 elected representatives in the Democratic party who are clearly ideologically aligned with AOC, making her the nominee is no longer a battle, but rather, it becomes the natural consequence of the balance of power within the party.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I completely agree with you and I hate it. Our political system will advance at the rate politicians croak, since apparently retiring from office has gone out of fashion.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

women do tend to live longer than men, so maybe we could see a 91 year-old AOC on the ballet in 2080...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

maybe we could see a 91 year-old AOC on the ballet in 2080

A 91 year old performing ballet would be funny.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

ha! that shit is too good to edit

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

maybe we could see a 91 year-old AOC on the ballet in 2080

Maybe on the supreme court way before then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah Pelosi did a hatchet job on her already

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And AOC didn't even get the sharpest part of the blade. Those would be Omar, and most especially Bowman.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago