Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members
For anyone who wasn’t previously convinced that AOC was a simple Dem operative rather than the socialist she was masquerading as, here you go. No serious socialist would back the reelection of an old white dinosaur who broke the rail strike’s back the way Biden did. The fact that DSA didn’t revoke her membership after that is a black mark on them as an organization.
What do you want her to do, split the vote? I agree Biden sucks, but shit, he’s at least better than any GOP alternative. The real solution is for the DNC to stop pushing crusty old white fucks.
This. We can worry about progressive politics in 2028, but right now we have to focus on defeating fascism, and Biden is currently the best candidate for that.
the hell do you call this then?
The DNC already pushed for this crusty old white fuck.
yeah? and you’re saying we should stop?
Yes?
Before “splitting the vote” there is democratic primary, where you are supposed to “split the vote” to select the best candidate. Although, my political inclinations are such, that I would chose Biden over her. But I am afraid that if anyone, but Tramp, were to run against Biden, then GOP candidate would win, simply because they are younger.
I know it’s early but who actually has a chance of being the Republican nominee? If anybody I would give the title to RFK jr, but he’s running as a Democrat.
I don’t see anybody in the field who has the charisma to beat Trump in the primary. And if it turns out he can’t run, I don’t see anybody being able to beat Biden, except ourselves.
I really don’t want to tell people to stop complaining in threads like these. I do believe we need to push progressive causes and progressive house members and get them to win elections. But if all the people who complain in here don’t show up to vote for Biden, there might not be enough votes to overcome all the degenerates who vote for Trump
What I want to see is for her and anyone else calling themselves a socialist to work to be a socialist power outside of the Democratic Party. The DNC is rotted to the core by the money and influence of the capitalist class in a way that, if not irreversible, is hopeless in the short to medium term. Just look at all of the explicitly capitalist Democratic leaders, including younger ones like Buttigieg.
If you want to pursue socialism, the DNC is the wrong place to do it. Hell, looking at history I think putting eggs in the electoralism bucket is fundamentally flawed. Look at the failed German revolution that helped make room for the ascension of the Nazis thanks to “socialists” making extreme compromises and undercutting socialist revolutionaries to instead work within bourgeois political parties.
Double check what happened after the breaking of the railstrike… check with the union they have info on their website
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I’m thrilled that the worker’s got sick time and credit where it’s due to anyone in the admin who helped make that happen. It doesn’t change the fact that the admin, with the help of AOC and others in Congress broke a strike. That’s a terrible, dangerous, anti-worker precedent to set, and shame on anyone who voted for it and Biden for signing it.
If I ask someone for $20 bucks for lunch and they kick me in the shin before giving me the money, am I supposed to be thankful and forget the fact that they just kicked me in the shin? Congress kicked workers in the proverbial, collective shin by blocking them from their right to strike.
Here’s a decent article from Jacobin written by an RWU representative making exactly that point: https://jacobin.com/2023/04/railroad-workers-united-aoc-strike-vote-rank-and-file
And here’s a decent rundown of the situation from a decent socialist source (even if it is Trot): https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/19/jaco-a19.html
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Are you really this myopic or are you just some fascist sockpuppet?
Without disagreeing with you on message, I have a request to adjust delivery of such. Please consider leaving personal attacks on reddit, not here in fediverse.
Fair enough, I’ll try to tone it down in the future.
Disunity will lose us this election. We don’t have the luxury of being picky about our candidates here. The alternative to Biden is fascism, full stop. Anyone who presents themselves as opposed to Christian fascism but continues to oppose Biden (especially with factual inaccuracies) tends to make me doubt their honesty, or their intelligence. And it should make everyone here suspicious as well.
My personal worry that while I actually like Biden, policy-wise (not everything, but he exceeded my expectations), he will lose election to anyone younger than Trump.
If the Republicans put forward anyone under 70 they better keep Biden away from stairs for the entire election cycle. Voters are way too dumb to rationally evaluate “really old” vs. “fascist” if they have video of one thing and just vague warnings of the other. I don’t think it’s a sure thing he’ll lose, but it’s a very real possibility in an environment and cycle where it really shouldn’t be.