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I'm over her when she decided to endorse Hillary thereby implicitly endorsing Hillary's Wall Street connections. So much for defending against big banks. :(

specialist 10y ago
Human affairs are a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourself. Also, I've learned to embrace incrementalism and transactional politics (quid pro quo). Lastly, if you bring the heat, the targeted policy maker(s) will see the light. The color of their logo won't be a factor. Sanders' campaign, and massive following, absolutely moved Clinton to the left.
- newman314 10y ago
  It moved her statements to the left (for now). I very much doubt that she's going to actually go through with things given her past history. Examples: TPP, gay marriage etc. One could try arguing that she has evolved but MANY see her as just flip-flopping to what seems politically expedient at that time. Hence the tremendous amount of distrust. Embrace incrementalism = let's make mediocre great again. Imagine that kind of mentality when it was announced that we were going to try to send someone to the Moon. "Let's shoot for the moon!" "Enh, let's just name an airport instead to build support"
  - specialist 10y ago
    How do you think gay marriage and marijuana were legalized (thus far)? Fits and starts. Fighting for every single inch. And then eventually victory. Think of any major, significant social progress. Emancipation, suffrage, welfare, worker safety, child labor, etc. etc. Each decades in the making. I encourage you to read The Waxman Report by former US Sen Henry Waxman to get a sense of how much effort and time it takes to forge policy, move the needle. Continue to disempower yourself thru cynicism, apathy, and inaction. Or follow the examples of Sanders, Warren and 1000s of others and learn to convert your outrage into action.

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I'm over her when she decided to endorse Hillary thereby implicitly endorsing Hillary's Wall Street connections. So much for defending against big banks. :(

by newman314 10y ago

specialist 10y ago
Human affairs are a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourself. Also, I've learned to embrace incrementalism and transactional politics (quid pro quo). Lastly, if you bring the heat, the targeted policy maker(s) will see the light. The color of their logo won't be a factor. Sanders' campaign, and massive following, absolutely moved Clinton to the left.
- newman314 10y ago
  It moved her statements to the left (for now). I very much doubt that she's going to actually go through with things given her past history. Examples: TPP, gay marriage etc. One could try arguing that she has evolved but MANY see her as just flip-flopping to what seems politically expedient at that time. Hence the tremendous amount of distrust. Embrace incrementalism = let's make mediocre great again. Imagine that kind of mentality when it was announced that we were going to try to send someone to the Moon. "Let's shoot for the moon!" "Enh, let's just name an airport instead to build support"
  - specialist 10y ago
    How do you think gay marriage and marijuana were legalized (thus far)? Fits and starts. Fighting for every single inch. And then eventually victory. Think of any major, significant social progress. Emancipation, suffrage, welfare, worker safety, child labor, etc. etc. Each decades in the making. I encourage you to read The Waxman Report by former US Sen Henry Waxman to get a sense of how much effort and time it takes to forge policy, move the needle. Continue to disempower yourself thru cynicism, apathy, and inaction. Or follow the examples of Sanders, Warren and 1000s of others and learn to convert your outrage into action.