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AOC should be the first choice. Buttigieg is not in tune with lower and middle-class America. However, he is a former Naval Intelligence officer and he is not an idiot.
I've seen interviews with him, I think definitely don't think he's an establishment Democrat. Him with AOC as VP would be a progressive ticket, at least as far as the US would go.
Wall Steet Pete worked for McKinsey on grocery pricing in Canada. Recommend you head over to lemmy.ca to see how that's going.
That's a stretch there. He consulted for Loblaws on behalf of McKinley for about 6 months almost 20 years ago, and hell knows, they weren't bringing some outside junior analyst (he was in his 20s) in on the bread price fixing scheme they'd been running for 15 years already.
This is some conspiracy level shit.
Please don't pick ass kisser of the year Pete Buttigieg. Dude is just another corporate cuck.
I guess that all depends on who else runs. If it's just a bunch of standard establishment Democratic neolibs, then sure, let's go with the one who knows how to talk. Of course, if that's what the entire field looks like, then we'll be back to getting wiped off the map again in 2032.
More than that. His dad is one of the translators of Antoni Gramsci to English language. He is well educated in how capitalist states use cultural hegemony to maintain power and chose to serve the ruling class interests.
The most effective capitalists are the ones who have seen behind the curtain
Do you have any actions that he has done to support those claims? This is my first time hearing of this.
Working for McKinsey & Company would be a big sign of it. His time as Mayor included a bunch of business friendly and privatization of city properties and demolition of housing.
Essentially he represents the wing of the party that shows deference to corporate tech companies: which is essentially the status quo of the ruling class. He is of a similar conduit to the oligarchy that JD Vance is for the GOP.
You mean outside of his whole neoliberal political career?! I mean he's done some good stuff but it's mostly been handouts for the wealthy with little more than a handshake for working Americans by comparison.
And how is Buttigieg qualified to lead the country? He did fuck all as the Secretary of Transportation. He's a pro-corporate hack.
I'm gay and he has never given me a reason to like him. Him acting like Medicare for All would be a bad thing was what initially turned me off from him.
He's mouthy and good with the bully pulpit, which is engaging television and probably wins over hearts and minds WAY better than progressive policy (sadly).
The right person has to have the charisma AND the progressive underpinning. Style and substance.
But I would take enough charisma to shut down MAGA at this point, even if it was a bit establishment. Piecemeal it. IDK if we'll get the style and substance candidate, or how much that will matter.
Unfortunately, we can't afford to mess around. The fresh water crisis is something America has to deal with - sooner, rather than later. There are many other crises than water and health care, and they are all very urgent.
If being a progressive has been reduced to: "I'm slightly to the left of Republicans, but just as pro-capitalist as them", then the term has been co-opted or watered-down to meaninglessness.
It's like the term "Libertarian" being co-opted by capitalists. The original meaning of libertarianism had nothing to do with capitalism, free markets, deregulation, and privatization.
So who is the candidate to watch?
The fresh water crisis is dire. Is any candidate or political figure, past or present, addressing the issue or suggesting solutions?
If not, they are all insufficient and unqualified to lead.
We can't wait until 2028 and there may no election to vote in. We need this administration to go ASAP.
He's man. Also he's not woman. Ez
Hillary won the popular vote in 2016 by 2.9 million votes against Trump and she was insanely unpopular for reasons most people can agree on (that don't relate to gender).
I don't think misogyny played a major factor in Kamala's loss.
No-one endorsed by DNC, those f tards!
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