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The scary part isn't the Islamaphobia. That's just because it's easy sound bites based on his name. The real scary part is how much they're trying to attack him, because a democratic socialist mayor in New York can show how shitty Republican solutions have been on solving core problems like wealth inequality. Beyond what Bernie or AOC can do as an individual member of Congress. A mayor is an executive, and new York is big. If he's not trying to line his pockets, he can do real damage to conservatives and establishment Democrats just by showing everyone there's a better way.
Exactly.
Which is why both Republicans and establishment Democrats are so desperate to malign him — because the dirty little secret of American politics is that the actual meaningful choice is between people who will work for the good of the people as a whole and people who will work only for the good of the wealthiest few. And maintaining the status quo requires stopping people from figuring out that virtually all elections come down to just two somewhat different versions of the latter type.
I've been saying exactly this for 20 years. But all people want to hear is "Are you on MY side, or are you on the OTHER side?"
Uhhhhh, no. There is no sides based on R or D. There's only sides based on $. It's a big club, and you ain't in it.
Yep.
Political power is a commodity, and most of those who hold it today do the exact same thing with it as anyone holding any other commodity - they sell it to the highest bidder.
You say yer life's a bum deal
'N yer up against the wall
Well, people, you ain't even got no kinda
Deal at all
'Cause what they do
In Washington
They just takes care of NUMBER ONE
An' number one ain't you
You ain't even number two
-Frank Zappa "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing"