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>And without Twitter there would be no Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. Whose ascension is a huge win for American democracy. Every generation has their own version of
by nojito 5y ago
>And without Twitter there would be no Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. Whose ascension is a huge win for American democracy.
Every generation has their own version of AOC who makes noise for a few years than falls back into obscurity.
This concept doesn't really have anything to do with social media.
- jpster 5y agoI’m not aware of any historic parallels to an ultra progressive (for America, anyway) young bartender who tweeted and Insta’d her way into Congress and whose national profile is far past what one would expect given her tenure.
- 0xy 5y agoWould you rather tweets or action? Because she has only provided one of those things. The party thinks she's a joke, and allows her the associated amount of influence in policy direction (zero). Nancy Pelosi is a 700lbs counterweight to AOC, ensuring she's irrelevant.
- onionisafruit 5y agoWhat action do you want from a freshman congresswoman aside from showing up, voting and performing her assigned committee duties? Tweeting is a form of action that potentially increases her influence in congress. I don’t follow her, so I don’t know if she is doing that effectively, but she is probably the only freshman congressman from outside my state who I can name.
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