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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh yes, the captive functioning of society is as bad as the optional "can't do anything differently" dysfunction. πŸ™„

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even when you're a captive tax payer you can do things differently. I think you mean to say she has power to do things more effectively? which brings us back to debating the efficacy of her tactics

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even when you're a captive tax payer you can do things differently. Agree.

I think you mean to say she has power to do things more effectively? I said what I said.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Apologies for offering my understanding of what you said, I really don't understand your expectations here. That all politicians stop playing the game starting with AOC? And that will somehow bring down the two party system? But again, here we are talking about what is a better strategy which you insist is not the case.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's why Democrats today are right of Reagan.

No apologies needed, thanks anyway

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In your opinion, Is AOC to the right of Reagan?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That all politicians stop playing the game starting with AOC?

If it is to be stopped, it has to stop with someone. The AOC of today is not the AOC of the first campaign, and that's by design of the game. Not faulting get that out happened, but she's been in the game long enough to know only billionaires and corpos are winning by these rules.

A drop => a trickle=> a stream=> a flood

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are we expecting her to dismantle the master's house with the master's tools by throwing away the tools? My expectation is that she will use the tools to do harm reduction so that organizing lasting change becomes possible.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

NaΓ―ve optimism is blind folly.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And not embracing a diversity of tactics is leaving power at the table for the capitalists to take.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Right, because that's not been done since Truman...

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you have some newly invented tactic I would love to hear it

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh gnoes! We keep trying what doesn't work and moving right! But trying something new certainly won't work, let's try this old thing again, surely it will work this time! 🀑

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm still not seeing anything new here. At least invent new insults.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

What exactly is new about voting 3rd party?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

πŸ€‘πŸ€“

Stop sealioning

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's your rodeo I guess. We are all free to not respond if we feel our position needs no explanation or defending 🀷

In the end, we all get the government we deserve