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  • Andor Has a Message for the Left: Act Now

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  • I am wondering if i didn't convey my point well enough?

    Im a progressive and as left as they come. I think we should aim for perfect, but be ok with better or good. What i have a problem with is seeing the front runners of the progressive left(AOC snd Bernie) being called out, by people who claim to be leftist, because they don't say something out loud or often enough. They've been very clear on where they stand. They don't need to keep reaffirming that, especially when it halts momentum, which we so desperately need yesterday.

    And yet I see those leftists(not neo libs) say that AOC isn't the future or anywhere near it, So if not them, then who? Who checks off all the boxes that's not a milque toast moderate dem?

  • Andor Has a Message for the Left: Act Now

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  • Said most succinctly, we need to learn to not let perfect be the enemy of good.

  • Andor Has a Message for the Left: Act Now

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  • Eh, do we have a left in the US? Technically, yes, but it lacks all rigidity and strength.

    The left is caught in a cycle of self canabalization at the moment, and anyone that I've seen attempting to pick up the flag and carry it forward is torn apart. People are too concerned with being ethically and morally pure so that when we're all sitting in the gulag, they can say, "Well, at least I never compromised my values." And I'm not saying those values aren't important, but to have the opportunity to address those, we have several prerequisites to tackle first.

    Progress is messy, and if you're not on board, you're holding it back.

  • The answer is D

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  • F is just B with rose tinted glasses.

  • surely

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  • Prior to the trump era I voted libertarian federal, dem/left for state govt for this reason. The problem with parties at the moment is there's not just economic policy tied up into them but cultural and societal aspects that have to be weighed.

  • surely

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  • Agreed but the problem with this is that it requires people to be ok with the idea that they are building something that they likely won't see. It's a difficult concept for most people to grapple with.

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  • Conservative Maoists?

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  • Americorps and the peace corp are a thing, but I'll admit, I'm not sure how much of a thing?

  • Conservative Maoists?

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  • Likewise, I think 2 years of public service or military should be compulsory. The truth is we do need a defense force given the world, but it'd also be nice to have americorps or something expanded to fit the service option. Make military service more enticing than the other, I don't care, but provide room and board, and a spending allowance at the very least for both.

  • Decision time

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    Biden slayin' at the 2024 White House Correspondents' Dinner tonight

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  • I agree with a lot of what you've said in the nested chain, but Trump didn't have power over the fed, and macroeconomics are typically not something a president has sway over. So if you're mearly saying the economy was better under Trump, and Biden had shit luck inheriting something that was bound to turn ugly as the economy of Covid caught up to us, sure, ok, but the way you worded it is ambiguous at best.

    It's a shame so many people are unable to see that the world is hurting economically from covid still. That food prices and inflation are a global issue. That it's silly to pin that blame on a single individual. That so far America seems to be weathering the storm better than other prolific countries. That other than the black mark of Isreal and Palestine that overshadows his entire presidency, he's done a lot of good domestically.

    Oh well. :/

  • US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War

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  • That comments section is such a dumpster fire of what I hope are bots and not actual human beings... Because damn, otherwise, Giant Meteor 2024