RocketMan » Thu May 02, 2019 9:09 am wrote:I think it's dangerous to get stuck on heroes. It enables shitty non-arguments like "ASSANGE IS NO HERO". Who cares what Assange "is". See what he DID.
The same goes for public figures more generally. It's good and well to be suspicious, but do you really think the US party system will simply fold and disappear? AOC is a historical trend worth tracking and from what I see, her proposals have generally been in the right direction. Pelosi's contempt for her is a good sign as well.
Seeing as the Republican party is indeed, as Chomsky (yeah yeah I know, gatekeeper etc.) said, as a whole the most dangerous organization on the planet, any nuanced discussion of their politics, such as they are, can be safely discarded... What's happening in the Democratic party is still at least a somewhat dynamic situation.
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Largely agreed, and good points. I have a reflexive reaction to the underlying cynicism in certain marketing ploys, hence my initial response.
On the surface, most of the content in that video clip shared by stickdog represent ideals many of us would strive to see realized.
History tells us a different story about how the Establishment Parties operate, however, and the AOC phenomenon has a certain familiar cadence to it (we are now in the 'HOPE we can believe in' phase).
We shall see how it transpires in the years ahead.
(Side-note Re: Pelosi's 'contempt': I never under-estimate the optics on display. Outwardly-facing 'enemies' share libations in other less-public settings. This is Politics at its core. I don't trust much of what Pelosi -- or any politician -- displays in front of recording devices. Part of their job is to put on a mask, and much of the time that's what The People want, implicitly.)