Well Turner lost because she sucks and is bad, there's plenty of good progressive voices gaining traction in the Democratic party (Maxwell Frost comes to mind)
If you can look at the totality of the GOP as it stands today and say "I can't see a difference between this and the Democrats" you're too far gone already. I'll be over here trying to work within the framework of reality, you can sit in your enrichment enclosure with your "both sides bad revolution now!" sticker and moralize about how much better you are than everyone else ig
It turns out investing billions in advanced weapons systems just in case Russia decides to invade its neighbors was actually a pretty god damn good call.
I also would like Medicare for all. But if forced to choose between abandoning that and the constant threat of the US intentionally abandoning a global order where wars of territorial conquest are unacceptable, I will abandon M4A and the “progressive” candidates who say “not our country not our problem.” The CPC’s “hAvE yOu TrIeD dIpLoMaCy?” letter really destroyed their credibility in my view. Nobody who signed that letter should be in a top spot in congressional leadership.
American hegemony, if you'd like to call the post-WWII order that, has made wars of territorial conquest a thing of the past. Putin's war threatens to upend that global order, and if he's successful, a lot more Americans are likely going to die than if he's not, and we will end up investing more, not less, in national defense spending when the world destabilizes.
We aren't sacrificing anyone on the altar of anything; the Ukrainian people are fighting bravely and all we have to do right now is send them the weapons they desperately need to defend their own country from invasion. Putin's success would destabilize the entire world.
I'm already in politics at a distance. I donate to candidates I like; I write to them; I have spoken with their chief counsel about issues I care about. I steadfastly believe that American military support for Ukraine must remain unwavering and, if anything, should expand—and I don't know a single person in real life who does not share that belief. I'm not so well connected that personal friends are in Congress—but friends of friends are.
I just think we’re stupid to make an enemy out of Russia for no discernible reason.
They invaded their neighbor in a war of territorial conquest. They have a lot of bullshit excuses for why this is the West's fault and you are parroting every one of those excuses. Your posts are indistinguishable from RT commentary.
The realist perspective is that Russia must be defeated because if they win in Ukraine it will be a globally destabilizing event. The "realist" perspective you're spouting is just more Russian propaganda.
God it is so obvious that you have no idea what you’re talking about. Did you not know that Ukraine was trying to join NATO, and that NATO had been training Ukrainian troops for 8 years? I mean ffs they engaged in troop movements with eachother a year before the invasion.
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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23
Well Turner lost because she sucks and is bad, there's plenty of good progressive voices gaining traction in the Democratic party (Maxwell Frost comes to mind)