03-31-2019, 06:25 AM
I may be wrong on this but I was under the impression that AOC was a part of the "no amazon in NYC" movement before she got elected
and we could go into that specific issue because I don't think it's linear that people were happy about Amazon coming in - local people that is - mostly because rent was already skyrocketing on the speculation of gentrification; but again, I'm not too knowledgeable on the specifics and it's distracting from t+he main point
me saying that I "want" a new party was more out of frustration than the practicality of it, because I'm now convinced the DemP functions (willing or unwillingly) as a dampener of bold ideas. I'm not out to get good people that do good government work, my take is more that those people will do good work insofar as they are able to, and the "spirit" of party politics nowadays seems to be to just shell out rhetoric and stop good work from being done.
I know I still have a bit of an anarchist bone in me but ultimately I respect people that do serious work, government or not. but I don't see party people as "workers" in that regard - for me the task of a politician is very clear, and that is to either represent a majority sentiment or to convince people about this brand new policy they're peddling. grunt work is for their staff.
as for the justice branch, look, it's just bullshit that your DAs and AGs and whatever else are elected rather than rising into that position out of merit. I'm sure many of them will act with seriousness and independently from whatever the executive or legislative branch want them to do, but some others don't. it's unbelievable that the President gets to nominate the person who may or may not indict them on a crime. it's, like, a major loophole, one that would have you scratching at the head if you read it on a fiction novel, yet it's real. and the dems benefitted from it too
and we could go into that specific issue because I don't think it's linear that people were happy about Amazon coming in - local people that is - mostly because rent was already skyrocketing on the speculation of gentrification; but again, I'm not too knowledgeable on the specifics and it's distracting from t+he main point
me saying that I "want" a new party was more out of frustration than the practicality of it, because I'm now convinced the DemP functions (willing or unwillingly) as a dampener of bold ideas. I'm not out to get good people that do good government work, my take is more that those people will do good work insofar as they are able to, and the "spirit" of party politics nowadays seems to be to just shell out rhetoric and stop good work from being done.
I know I still have a bit of an anarchist bone in me but ultimately I respect people that do serious work, government or not. but I don't see party people as "workers" in that regard - for me the task of a politician is very clear, and that is to either represent a majority sentiment or to convince people about this brand new policy they're peddling. grunt work is for their staff.
as for the justice branch, look, it's just bullshit that your DAs and AGs and whatever else are elected rather than rising into that position out of merit. I'm sure many of them will act with seriousness and independently from whatever the executive or legislative branch want them to do, but some others don't. it's unbelievable that the President gets to nominate the person who may or may not indict them on a crime. it's, like, a major loophole, one that would have you scratching at the head if you read it on a fiction novel, yet it's real. and the dems benefitted from it too
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