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Everyone I know (personally or otherwise) who is an actual leftist is very vocally unhappy with the bombing of Syria, the lack of stimulus checks, ICE's policie

by saila 6y ago

Everyone I know (personally or otherwise) who is an actual leftist is very vocally unhappy with the bombing of Syria, the lack of stimulus checks, ICE's policies, and Biden generally. He's most certainly not a leftist hero/idol.

cambalache 6y ago
A beautiful not-true-Scotman in the wild. AOC -> Silent Bernie -> Silent Krugman -> Silent Reich -> Silent Faang Employees -> Silent Ilham Omar -> To her credit, she spoke out. If by "actual leftist" you mean people like Rania Khalek, I would agree, but unfortunately people like her are a tiny minority and constantly belittled, ignored or called tankies or something along those lines. The mainstream left is dominated by the tech companies, by the mainstream press, by the universities and by the entertainment industry, all coastal highly privileged, 2% of income elites. Those are the people dominating the discourse and as Chomsky said they are "Manufacturing Consent". That includes a big portion of the "commentariat" here too.
- rtpg 6y ago
  The fact you think Krugman and FAANG employees are in this group of people, I feel like you need to spend some time talking with "leftist" a bit more. But also you're just wrong. AOC on relief checks (Feb 7th) https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1358244213918494722 https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1358244213918494722 AOC on abolish ICE (Feb 24th) 1364349732760518657 Bernie forcing a minimum wage vote (7 hours ago!) https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1366545093876924416 https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1366545093876924416 30 seconds of searching on the leftist's favorite communication platform. I think the problem might be more that you're not in the right echo chamber... or something.
- input_sh 6y ago
  On Syria: Bernie Sanders: https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1365361968513744897 https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1365361968513744897 Ilhan Omar: https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1365150215708299271?s=20 https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1365150215708299271?s=20 This took 10 seconds to find. You can make an argument that they could be louder (and I'd definitely agree with you on that), but you can't in good faith make an argument that they're "silent". As for Krugman and Reich, I don't see how they're any relevant. AOC is so vocal about abolishing ICE that I don't feel the need to even back that up.

by saila 6y ago

cambalache 6y ago

A beautiful not-true-Scotman in the wild. AOC -> Silent Bernie -> Silent Krugman -> Silent Reich -> Silent Faang Employees -> Silent Ilham Omar -> To her credit, she spoke out. If by "actual leftist" you mean people like Rania Khalek, I would agree, but unfortunately people like her are a tiny minority and constantly belittled, ignored or called tankies or something along those lines. The mainstream left is dominated by the tech companies, by the mainstream press, by the universities and by the entertainment industry, all coastal highly privileged, 2% of income elites. Those are the people dominating the discourse and as Chomsky said they are "Manufacturing Consent". That includes a big portion of the "commentariat" here too.

rtpg 6y ago
The fact you think Krugman and FAANG employees are in this group of people, I feel like you need to spend some time talking with "leftist" a bit more. But also you're just wrong. AOC on relief checks (Feb 7th) https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1358244213918494722 https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1358244213918494722 AOC on abolish ICE (Feb 24th) 1364349732760518657 Bernie forcing a minimum wage vote (7 hours ago!) https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1366545093876924416 https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1366545093876924416 30 seconds of searching on the leftist's favorite communication platform. I think the problem might be more that you're not in the right echo chamber... or something.
input_sh 6y ago
On Syria: Bernie Sanders: https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1365361968513744897 https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1365361968513744897 Ilhan Omar: https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1365150215708299271?s=20 https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1365150215708299271?s=20 This took 10 seconds to find. You can make an argument that they could be louder (and I'd definitely agree with you on that), but you can't in good faith make an argument that they're "silent". As for Krugman and Reich, I don't see how they're any relevant. AOC is so vocal about abolishing ICE that I don't feel the need to even back that up.