EnderWi99in @ EnderWi99in @kbin.social

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Biden is a centrist liberal, which is the representative worldview for the majority of the party and its voting base. Cornel West is representative of a very small faction of progressive voters which has been equally small for decades. Do whatever you want, but some (most) of us actually like Biden. So really all you're doing is torpedoing your next closest ideological group in protest since yours is too small.

Never would have heard of Kbin and now it's all I use.

Me too but now I check Kbin all the time.

I have no idea who Jesse Watters is and I intend on remaining ignorant on the subject.

Audiophiles will pay for it. There's a market out there you're just not a part of, and this device is very much on the cheaper end of the scale.

I mean, I do. The job market is probably the best it's been in decades. The economy is doing extremely well. Food prices are high because two of the world's largest grain producers are fighting a war with one another.

Based on their actions, I'd say just Chinese. Not very American.

Traitors

You dropped this /s

Why? They absolutely should.

I think the distinction might be film versus series. Most movies are that bubbly CGI look but the streaming shows are mostly still 2D.

Future prospects are bleak AND you've been told by one side of the political aisle that you're the cause of all of the worlds troubles. The last time that combination happened we had the rise of fascism. Maybe don't raise boys telling them they are the reason the world sucks and they might not swing to the right.

It's hopelessness mixed with growing up being told they are bad and the reason the world is bad. I feel genuinely bad for boys growing up now. They don't have the benefits older men had but they get all of the blame and negativity. I don't blame them for feeling at least like the right might care about them more because the right doesn't contain all of the male hate and misandry they face on a daily basis, even if supporting the right is probably causing them more harm in the long run.

I never made an argument about her beliefs, only her ability to effectively realize them. The original argument seemed to imply the people can't offer up real reasons to dislike her. Her policy to me isn't her problem. I don't currently see her as an example of someone who can actually get things done. That might change over time, but that's my criticism of AOC and why her level of popularity doesn't really make much sense to me other than...populists say things the base likes to hear. Again, talk it cheap.

Because I don't disagree with things she says...

What makes her good? Tom Brady won games. What bill has she sponsored that has passed?

There is a place for spokespeople to help move people but the job of a congressperson is to move policy.

Because none of her policies have actually gone anywhere. I appreciate she shows up to vote for other policy and can be a part of a broader coalition, but she has not proven to me she is able to actually push her own legislation and build a viable coalition to get things passed. When I vote for a candidate I look for two things. Their policy positions align with my own, and they have the ability to move policy. She, so far, ticks just one of those boxes. She's also young and can very well figure it out over time.

What accomplishments has she had that you're particularly excited about? I know people love her but people love populists, and when I think of AOC that's what I see. Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see her as an effective legislator. Just someone who says things the base likes to hear. Very unpopular here but I feel that way about Bernie too. Makes great points but doesn't know how to actually navigate Congress and get any of it accomplished. Put up bills that are only supported by a small minority and make no efforts to actually build proper coalitions to get things passed. The best leaders in legislature are often not the most well known or vocal, but the ones who can put up policy, build a coalition around it, and get things passed. Despite what people might think of Biden, he's someone who knows how to do that. Talk is cheap and being a populist is easy.

I think you may have misread a word there.