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Via Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernieโs career (and obviously, mine too)."
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in reply to Bellison22 • • •cuz MSM won't cover it
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in reply to MsMerope • • •It was on MSNBC All afternoon.
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in reply to DyingWorld ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ • • •Labels we were indoctrinated in school to fear like socialist.
But they are the only way out because they have been speaking the truth.
The rest of the democrats have caved in fear.
Will we survive for history to record the truth?
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in reply to bouriquet • • •@bouriquet Ultimately it's up to each individual to decide if this is worth the risk to them --and I understand that risk could be imprisonment or worse.
I feel that the chances of a better outcome increase, the sooner people start taking action
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My guess is, there'd have been a Business Plot 2.0 pretty quickly, and the Tea Party would have resorted to violence even more quickly.
One of the things we're seeing in the modern day is that the fascism exists to protect the bigotry and inequality. It became stronger in an attempt to prevent a better world from happening. If there were a better world being imposed from above, the fascists - including those in nice suits and those in uniforms - would absolutely have responded.
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in reply to Bellison22 • • •skry
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What we can do is donate and/or spread their actual words around (videos)
Bernie and AOC are fundraising through ActBlue on both their accounts:
secure.actblue.com/donate/aoc-โฆ
Spread the word
berniesanders.com/
tiktok.com/@aoc
youtube.com/@AOC/videos
Denver yesterday: tiktok.com/@aoc/video/74847737โฆ
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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez turned 35 this year โ the minimum age eligible to become President of the United States.
(Apparently you could run at age 34, but must be age 35 by inauguration day. Youngest so far was Theodore Roosevelt, who succeeded the assassinated McKinley in the office at age 42. Second was John F. Kennedy, who was elected and assumed office at age 43.)
I'm just saying ...
#Politics #AOC #Leadership
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in reply to Bellison22 • • •and vance has the nerve to criticize europes democracys?
when will the us-citizens wake up and take the streets? whole democratic world is waiting
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in reply to Bellison22 • • •Matv1
in reply to Bellison22 • • •it is a promising start but the only way #usa is going to change the course of the country, is by putting 10 milion protesters on the ground in DC.
Good luck!
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in reply to Bellison22 • • •i'm used to major political events' attendance in #ukraine which is usually way different: not every gathering is a maidan of course, but it's a much smaller nation too. so i needed to backdrop this ยซlargest political gathering in denver sinceโฆยป with some usa-related context; after all, it's the geopolitical leader of the world sliding into authoritarianism, serious historical event.
so i compared this to 2024 #nfl attendance:
espn.com/nfl/attendance
oh, look, there's even #denver here. ohโฆ
bottom line: the nearest future of the world looks grim.
2024 NFL Football Attendance - National Football League - ESPN
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in reply to Bellison22 • • •Bruce Heerssen
Unknown parent • • •They represent a threat to the Democratic Party leadership in ways that Republicans do not.
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Unknown parent • • •@mls14 I don’t agree with that at all. The people right now who are saying that we need to “leave inter-party squabbles in the past” are the people who are themselves actively attacking people within their own party and their own base. Guys like Schumer consistently side with Republicans, guys like Bernie Sanders and AOC have consistently sided with the working class, but it is Sanders, AOC, and their ilk who are most often attacked as “sewing discord,” especially in the mainstream media.
So I embrace inner-party squabbles, and more than squabbles, an all-out war between people who represent the working class and people who represent the oligarchs. If we can’t purge the Democratic party of pro-oligarchy candidates like Chuck Schumer, and also people like Joe Biden, the Clintons,
... Show more...@mls14 I donโt agree with that at all. The people right now who are saying that we need to โleave inter-party squabbles in the pastโ are the people who are themselves actively attacking people within their own party and their own base. Guys like Schumer consistently side with Republicans, guys like Bernie Sanders and AOC have consistently sided with the working class, but it is Sanders, AOC, and their ilk who are most often attacked as โsewing discord,โ especially in the mainstream media.
So I embrace inner-party squabbles, and more than squabbles, an all-out war between people who represent the working class and people who represent the oligarchs. If we canโt purge the Democratic party of pro-oligarchy candidates like Chuck Schumer, and also people like Joe Biden, the Clintons, and the Obamas, then the Democratic Party will only ever be nothing more than an extension of Trump and the Republican Party, more than worthless, positively toxic.
@rzeta0 @efialto @nilsskirnir @Bellison22
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Unknown parent • • •chris
Unknown parent • • •Much to unpack here.
A lot of people in the US[1] have been convinced that protest is useless.
In fact, our mass movements have repeatedly been sabotaged from without and within. See Occupy.
The "politics as usual" for the last 50 years has been pretty uninspiring. I know people on the Internet hate "both sides" arguments, but they do hold some water. Yes, both sides are bad, and one side is orders of magnitude worse. Which is why I voted for Harris-Walz. Nevertheless, we wouldn't be where we are without Democrats enabling Republicans, since they answer to the same donor class, rather than the people. Bernie and AOC are trying to do something about this.
Our complex of government and corporations has succeeded wildly with bread and circuses and divide and rule. Though more and more of the bread is being taken away, and the circuses are more and more expensive. Divide and rule is still in full swing. Between these two strategies of the ruling class, people are kept off the street unless the problem directly affects them.
When US citizens do get out in
... Show more...Much to unpack here.
A lot of people in the US[1] have been convinced that protest is useless.
In fact, our mass movements have repeatedly been sabotaged from without and within. See Occupy.
The "politics as usual" for the last 50 years has been pretty uninspiring. I know people on the Internet hate "both sides" arguments, but they do hold some water. Yes, both sides are bad, and one side is orders of magnitude worse. Which is why I voted for Harris-Walz. Nevertheless, we wouldn't be where we are without Democrats enabling Republicans, since they answer to the same donor class, rather than the people. Bernie and AOC are trying to do something about this.
Our complex of government and corporations has succeeded wildly with bread and circuses and divide and rule. Though more and more of the bread is being taken away, and the circuses are more and more expensive. Divide and rule is still in full swing. Between these two strategies of the ruling class, people are kept off the street unless the problem directly affects them.
When US citizens do get out in the streets en masse, I expect that it will be violent. As H. Rap Brown said, "Violence is as American as apple pie." If the military is used against the populace, I'd note that the US military is historically very bad at maintaining an occupation. See Iraq, see Vietnam.
[1] I've even heard this "protest is useless" stuff from Canadians. I hate that form of cynicism.
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Unknown parent • • •@rzeta0 @davbram @nilsskirnir Ok, so instead of admitting that the UK also has issues, the reply-guy blocks me.
Itโs so easy to trash others instead of working together to solve problems. All this anger came because I dared to say we should work together. Think about who you are helping if you oppose putting our differences aside to oppose Nazis.
I love AOC and Bernie. I want this to be a chance to come together. But itโs not helpful for people to refuse to vote if they donโt get the candidate they want from their party.
We need to play the long game. Keep Democrats in power, and push them to the left during primary season. You cannot do anything if MAGA holds majorities in all 3 branches of government.
SouprMatt
Unknown parent • • •@rzeta0 @davbram @nilsskirnir A reply-guy from the nation of Brexit and 14 straight years of Tories is telling Americans that they are โconfidently wrongโ about their own country, which theyโve lived in their whole lives.
Youโve got more than enough to worry about at home; stop fomenting discord and helping the Nazis in America. Because thatโs the result of this kind of commentary.
SouprMatt
Unknown parent • • •SouprMatt
Unknown parent • • •@davbram @nilsskirnir @rzeta0 Yes, you are part of the solution. We might not have all gotten the candidate we wanted from our party. But we know, for the good of the country, we come together to oppose Nazis.
I disagree with you strongly on multiple aspects of your opinion of Harris, but we can work together because we both know itโs about never ever letting the GOP get a majority again.
Astrius
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in reply to Bellison22 • • •That's it.
That's the plan "to take on billionaires and win our country back", while some 80 #DOGE crooks with laptops continue with dismantling the US, this very moment, day by day.
#USpol #elections #Sanders #AOC
Bellison22
in reply to katzenberger ๐บ๐ฆ • • •I find this pretty over simplified and personally, I'd absolutely much rather see leaders reaching out and talking to thousands of people than hiding from American people and even avoiding town halls
If you read the global responses and see what other countries feel about it, it may (or may not) change your perspective.
I don't profess to know the answers but I sure as hell support anyone working for solutions....but I do see your use of tags to make your thoughts known.
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