Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined the senator at rallies from Nebraska to California to tell how unprecedented wealth and income inequality are threatening democracy and working families.

  • TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    After watching Bernie have a Palestine flag removed at one of his rallies, I’m less interested in being herded back to one of the controlled opposition parties.

    Edit: I accept your down votes, but Palestine is a flashpoint issue. Capitalism has called for the destruction of a people. This has to be the line we draw. Bernie cannot expect to fight oligarchy while bowing down to Zionism. They are intrinsically linked struggles. Zionism is supported by the US because it positions Israel as a key outpost in one of the most oil rich regions in the world. The genocide is linked to the wars for oil. The constant fight for oil is a result of capitalism. You cannot be a socialist and support Israel. It is antithetical to the values of socialism.

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      6 days ago

      Bernie is a registered independent, he’s not a Democrat. That’s why the DNC worked so hard to tank his campaigns.

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        6 days ago

        ‘Worked so hard’

        As far as I can recall, first go around the dnc denied him access to some voter data which was given to him 24 hours later, and then he lost because he didnt do well with black voters in southern states.

        And in 2020 Biden offered Buttitege a cabinet position if he’d drop out and endorse him, the most normal political shit that happens every primary, then bernie lost because black voters in southern states voted again for the centerist.

        It’s fun and emotionally rewarding to imagine the DNC as an evil entity single handedly stopping Bernard Joseph Sanders from saving the world, but the reality is that a key demographic for getting the nominee just doesn’t trust democratic socialism and Bernie has never managed to change their mind on that.

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      7 days ago

      Good for you for recognising it and shouting it from the rooftops. I’m not big on Americans these days but you’re ok.