ugh
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I have mixed feelings about him. I have listened to a lot of different interviews with him and I truly believe that he believes in everything he says and does 100%, which to me does count for something. The problem is, I think he's completely delusional and his proposed solutions to America's problems are just doubling down on failed Clinton era policies without examining what is actually wrong with the system and society that created Trump in the first place. His proposed cause for the collapse of neoliberalism is that we just didn't do it right and need to just do neoliberalism harder. It's like he just mainlined episodes of the West Wing instead of doing any kind of introspection.
Cory Booker, unlike most politicians in general, does seem to be someone who actually has a set of guiding principles that he follows. The problem is that those principles are incredibly misguided. In a pre-Trump world I probably would have loved someone like Cory Booker as president but the world has changed and it's become a lot clearer that neoliberalism is a failed ideology that just leads to more inequality.
A well thought out critique…
All I needed to know about him was he endorsed Eric Adams for mayor.
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If you think this is cowardice then you must not yet have developed object permanence.
This is the main role of the democratic party, keep the left down and keep the capitalist happy. They will cynically adopt any issue - that doesn’t threaten that prime directive - for a few months, be it black lives matter or trans rights, and then drop them again once it’s no longer convenient.
But if any real leftist candidate (with huge democratic support and winning based on broadly popular policies), ever comes close to power, all defense mechanisms kick in.
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As someone who's had connections to Newark all my life - yes, this absolutely tracks. Booker and his family have always been political scum.
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Newark, the city Booker was mayor of, is widely considered to be #2 in the NYC metro area. Before 2020, many people commuted between Penn Station (NYC) and Penn Station (Newark). Many still do, in spite of NJ Transit & Amtrak screwing it up.
Newark & NYC candidates often endorse one another.
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New Jersey and New York City are intimately connected both in terms of land and economy. One of NYC's biggest landmarks, the Statue of Liberty, is literally on the border with New Jersey. Plus Cory Booker is a Democrat with a high profile nationally and he is going to try for the presidency again so some people are interested in his opinion.
Liberty Island is in NJ. It's not New York.
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That's straight up false. The island is an exclave of Manhattan, while the water surrounding the island is entirely New Jersey territory.
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If you think this is cowardice then you must not yet have developed object permanence.
This is the main role of the democratic party, keep the left down and keep the capitalist happy. They will cynically adopt any issue - that doesn’t threaten that prime directive - for a few months, be it black lives matter or trans rights, and then drop them again once it’s no longer convenient.
But if any real leftist candidate (with huge democratic support and winning based on broadly popular policies), ever comes close to power, all defense mechanisms kick in.
That's why pride month exists to these corporates. Another revenue opportunity.
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He just voted to continue supplying Israel with weapons
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That rotten cock sucker.
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Fire Corey Booker.
Out of a cannon.
Into the Sun.
Obligatory "it's easier to fire something out of the solar system than into the sun" comment
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I have mixed feelings about him. I have listened to a lot of different interviews with him and I truly believe that he believes in everything he says and does 100%, which to me does count for something. The problem is, I think he's completely delusional and his proposed solutions to America's problems are just doubling down on failed Clinton era policies without examining what is actually wrong with the system and society that created Trump in the first place. His proposed cause for the collapse of neoliberalism is that we just didn't do it right and need to just do neoliberalism harder. It's like he just mainlined episodes of the West Wing instead of doing any kind of introspection.
Cory Booker, unlike most politicians in general, does seem to be someone who actually has a set of guiding principles that he follows. The problem is that those principles are incredibly misguided. In a pre-Trump world I probably would have loved someone like Cory Booker as president but the world has changed and it's become a lot clearer that neoliberalism is a failed ideology that just leads to more inequality.
Having seen him come up from Newark, I've been disappointed with him. He tries to portray himself as progressive, but he is really fucking centrist at times and has made a lot of compromised votes that don't reflect his rhetoric.
I found it interesting that someone who grew up in Newark said that they preferred the previous mayor who was arrested in corruption charges.
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Obligatory "it's easier to fire something out of the solar system than into the sun" comment
But would either solution be a waste of energy in this case?
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That rotten cock sucker.
I really don't understand calling people one dislikes "cocksuckers". I personally love anyone who sucks cock. They're doing good in this world, unlike Cory Booker.
It's also kinda homophobic, eh?
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Obligatory "it's easier to fire something out of the solar system than into the sun" comment
wait what why
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I really don't understand calling people one dislikes "cocksuckers". I personally love anyone who sucks cock. They're doing good in this world, unlike Cory Booker.
It's also kinda homophobic, eh?
In this context he's willing to make everyone happy despite their ideology.
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The hypocrisy is one significant factor, but more importantly are the values that many wealthy Democrats lack.
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wait what why
Because the earth is moving very fast sideways compared to the sun (orbiting) so anything we launch has the same has the same velocity and would probably end up orbiting the sun too
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But would either solution be a waste of energy in this case?
In comparison to other disposal methods yes.
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Because the earth is moving very fast sideways compared to the sun (orbiting) so anything we launch has the same has the same velocity and would probably end up orbiting the sun too
damn. so what are we supposed to do with billionaires?
