There's also a lot of blind naivete to buttress the DSA delusions of grandeur.
Look, I don't have an axe to especially grind against AOC, I don't really care for this sort of sectarianism, but here's the plain facts: AOC was an intern with Ted Kennedy's office years ago and went through one of those Latino political "leadership training" orgs that are peppered across the nonprofit industrial complex network. It is completely reasonable to deduce that she knew she was going to run for office YEARS before the first Sanders presidential bid. So you're an aspiring progressive politician and suddenly there is a well-spring of extremely eager, enthusiastic young people willing to do free campaign volunteering and the only expense is paying the measly monthly dues for their organization? What kind of moron would pass that by? I don't begrudge her or hate on her for doing what is blatantly commonsense. I would imagine that DSA's claims to success has included multiple other political campaigns where such a dynamic was at play. It's not the fault of the politicians for grabbing a golden opportunity when they see it as much as the DSA-ers for being easily played. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6878): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6878 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80967958/21656 Mute #poll-notice:https://groups.io/g/marxmail/mutehashtag/poll-notice -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
