Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has gone from being considered a far-left backbencher when she was first elected in 2018, to one of the Democratic Party's most prominent rising stars — and with that has come swirling questions and rumors about whether she plans to seek higher office.Former Bara...

“What’s funny about that is they assume my ambition is positional. They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.”

    • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      No, you don’t understand - if you can’t get a 110% perfect leftist president, you might as well just elect the next Trump to reinforce fascism!

      • liuther9@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        She literally told you it is not about president, masters never changed. Now you understand?

        • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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          2 months ago

          Are you suggesting that, assuming magically Obama won president in 2025, things would be going exactly the same because “masters never changed”?

            • Alaknár@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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              2 months ago

              Suggesting that Obama-equivalent would threaten allies with military takeover of land, tariff literally everybody fucking up the global economy, start supporting the enemy and rolling out the red carpet for Putin, or attacking Iran for absolutely no reason… is just flat out delusional.