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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

What he's doing is just another version of this...

liberalism

if they were elected

If I was a congressperson - I think what I would focus on would be smaller stuff that - at least in theory - had a tiny chance of passing. Off the top of my head... I dunno... maybe a 100% ban on congresspeople trading stocks, etc. Right now congresspeople can do insider trading with zero worry of facing any criminal or legal problems.

One thing is absolute certain - the dems would try to fuck me every single way - every single day. On my personal website - I'd have all sorts of stuff like a Insider Trading Tracker. I assume if I put that on my .gov account - in a day or so the dems would try to use procedural tricks to force me to remove it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

If I was a congressperson - I think what I would focus on would be smaller stuff that - at least in theory - had a tiny chance of passing.

Oh come, let’s at least be intellectually honest here, the legitimate critique against dems was that they were getting no where either ways so why not go big with ‘cancel all student debt’ vs ‘cancel 10k’.

‘End homelessness’ is a good message.

*This isn’t an endorsement of democrats. Should this politician come out the next day saying ‘End homelessness… in Beverly Hills’, I will not be held responsible for treason.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

‘End homelessness’ is a good message.

It's performative bullshit when they are out of power and can do fuck all. There will be more of this in 2026 and 2028 before the elections. "Elect me and I will put the Fill-in-the-Blank-Sounds-Good! bill on the floor. We will work for you America!" After the election? Crickets.

If there's a serious of bona fide miracles and in 2029 the dems control congress and the presidency - I can guarantee you that there will be no* stuff like "Housing for All!" or "$17 (minimum wage) for All!", etc. They will say you can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We campaign in poetry but we govern in prose. And the difficult realities of politics mean fuck-fuck-fuckity fuck-fuck-fuck...

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* Well, Bernie and AOC will talk about it a lot but get absolutely nowhere.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Lucy holding the football is a good message