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[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 51 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, everyone else is already clowning on you. Deservedly, I might add, but I won't add to the pile. Instead, I'll add some theory that might help if you ever want to learn.

This section right here gives away your primary logical confusion:

But now I know, and I am happy Elizabeth Warren is speaking out, because we need more people with power to see the reality and make it stop.

Politicians do not do what is "right" systemically. It isn't about simply "convincing" them. The Marketplace of Ideas is a sham. Politicians are guided by their donors. Pro-Israel rhetoric is still popular among donors, because it's profitable for them. Warren is trying to predict the optical shift and play for reelection, but as we've shown she already sent the bombs and fulfilled her donor's request.

I recommend reading Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels. He goes over the failures of Utopian Socialists who thought Socialism could be achieved by "convincing" Capitalists and the politicians who serve them.