US pol / fake leftists
Margaret Kimberley keeping it real, as always.
"Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez may be able to give their party cover; that is the role they play. They are allowed to come out from time to time and even offer a little criticism here and there while knowing full well that, should they govern again, there will be excuses and a beat down of anyone who really is on the left. Bernie and AOC are hoping that they can fool all of the people all of the time."
https://www.blackagendareport.com/bernie-and-aoc-sheepdog-democrats
US pol / fake leftists
@GuerillaOntologist Bernie is a zionist? That's a bit of a stretch. Yes. Bernie and AOC aren't pitching a third party solution, and neither are they as left as some would like, but the sheepdog thing only rings true after they have shown they won't stand up in a third party. The fact that some Bernie supporters went to Trump in 2016, and many avoided the voting booth in 2020 and 2024 shows that he failed at herding for the Democratic Party.
US pol / fake leftists
@lwriemen After rightfully calling out Trump 1's border policies, AOC proceeded to never make a stink about it again during Biden, despite very little changing about treatment or conditions. She showed she only cares about immigrants when an R is in power (like a lot of liberals). Fundamentally, both Sanders & AOC are politicians, which means they are chiefly concerned with maintaining and advancing their own place in the ruling system, not with benefiting the populace.
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@lwriemen regardless of what label we use to describe them, I think both have shown conclusively by their actions (or, more exactly, their lack of actions) that they are more concerned with maintaining their places within the Dem apparatus than they are with speaking truth to power...or to anyone else. After conceding the 2016 primary, Sanders turned over his massive contact/fundraising list to the Clintonites and did fuck all with it himself.