Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke to a crowd of 30,000 at civic center park in Denver Friday evening about President Donald Trump and billionaires
I hope you’re right. Zelenskyy not being a politician probably helped him win an election in a country with a history of corruption. People were sick of the status quo and picked an outsider in the hopes it would improve things. It would be great if that happened here. (I don’t consider Trump an outsider, that was just part of the grift)
Part of the reason it can be annoying when people keep suggesting Stewart run for office is that it distracts from actual candidates who are willing to run. And false optimism isn’t exactly a good strategy in times like these.
I couldn’t agree more with your pragmatism in that false optimism and thinking that there is an easy answer to the complex social economic political problem isn’t going to do anything other than possibly detract from the real answer for positive change.
My thoughts is that Zelenskyy and even Trump showed that they were politically viable because they were more relatable than their political competition at the time. So understanding who the majority of Americans find relatable but with a twist in that they actually have a soul, a strong enough constitution to resist oligarch influence and will run for office will be the proverbial million dollar question.
I think Jon Stewart would only run if his wife and family made him and/or things got really bad. But it might be too late if that were to happen. He knows what that road is likely going to be and doesn’t want to subject his family and himself to a life that they can never go back to. I don’t blame him of this was the case. But at this rate, unless he moves his family overseas, it might be worth it to him to go for it.
I hope you’re right. Zelenskyy not being a politician probably helped him win an election in a country with a history of corruption. People were sick of the status quo and picked an outsider in the hopes it would improve things. It would be great if that happened here. (I don’t consider Trump an outsider, that was just part of the grift)
Part of the reason it can be annoying when people keep suggesting Stewart run for office is that it distracts from actual candidates who are willing to run. And false optimism isn’t exactly a good strategy in times like these.
I would love to be proven wrong, though.
I couldn’t agree more with your pragmatism in that false optimism and thinking that there is an easy answer to the complex social economic political problem isn’t going to do anything other than possibly detract from the real answer for positive change.
My thoughts is that Zelenskyy and even Trump showed that they were politically viable because they were more relatable than their political competition at the time. So understanding who the majority of Americans find relatable but with a twist in that they actually have a soul, a strong enough constitution to resist oligarch influence and will run for office will be the proverbial million dollar question.
I think Jon Stewart would only run if his wife and family made him and/or things got really bad. But it might be too late if that were to happen. He knows what that road is likely going to be and doesn’t want to subject his family and himself to a life that they can never go back to. I don’t blame him of this was the case. But at this rate, unless he moves his family overseas, it might be worth it to him to go for it.