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  • Canaconda@lemmy.catopolitics @lemmy.world•Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’
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    11 months ago

    I can tell you this, that its not on accident,

    Bold move cotton.

    and if you want to have a conversation on the effectiveness of approach we can, but I consider it an aside to this current topic.

    That’s for you and your much needed therapist to discuss.

    I just can’t take you seriously because all of your assertions are just appeals to authority with no arguments or evidence to back them up. Never mind your laughably incorrect assertions about me and my perspective.

    Like explain how doubling down on the consolidation of executive power mitigates the rise of fascism?

  • Canaconda@lemmy.catopolitics @lemmy.world•Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’
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    11 months ago

    Indeed which is why I’m going to ignore your shitty attitude, your dishonest framing and strawmanning of my arguments, and the pathetic ad hominims that you likely practiced in the shower living alone cuz you’re insufferable.

    Digging past your terrible communication style…

    I think the root of our disagreement isn’t so much the candidates as much as which direction the government needs to go. Cuz I completely agree with what you’ve said about everyone except Prizker cuz I don’t know who that is (I’m Canadian FYI)

    • I think spending a decade restoring the balance between the executive and other branches is the best path forward.

    • You seem to have the perspective that given the consolidation of executive branch power the path forward is to use that immediately to affect change.

    Am I understanding you correctly?

    Because if AOC ran, and I could vote for her, I would 100% support her over anyone else.

    But strategically speaking, given what I believe is the best path forward, it makes sense to consider a strategy where she unclogs the shitty senate.

    So it makes sense if your solution to senate gridlock is the reduce their power, you would advocate AOC run for president no matter what.

    …

    See we can have this conversation without you being a cunt about it.

  • Canaconda@lemmy.catopolitics @lemmy.world•Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’
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    11 months ago

    The core of my argument is that the senate needs AOC more than the executive branch. America needs functional legislatures more than the ideal commander and chief. Americans have fixated on the presidency for generations at the expense of functional house/senate/courts.

    Why wait?

    Because the senate is the real bottleneck; as we saw during Obama/Biden. Meanwhile 2028’s presidential race is a referendum on democracy regardless of who the DNC puts forward.

    The core of your argument seems to place a higher priority on AOC winning the presidency than the actual outcomes. I’m arguing for what I see as best for USA, not AOC.

    Given her aptitude I think she could win in the senate and would be an excellent majority leader. AOC would also not be required to resign as senate majority leader to run for president. IMO she’s one of the few people that could effectively campaign while maintaining her senate duties.