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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26024422

Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's former chief of staff, thinks the Democrats need a bolder vision.

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[–] CosmicCleric 1 points 4 hours ago

You’ve side stepped the point I was making yet again to argue something else

Not purposely so. You'll have to elaborate more/better.

Your disagreement doesn’t change laws on the books.

[Citation Required.]

Having said that, I wasn't speaking about laws when I replied, but society norms/beliefs.

Laws segregating adults from children is a thing. But I wasn't speaking about children, but young vs old adults.

That can never happen when the previous generation is unwilling to let go of the reigns and are determined to die in office of at all possible.

So, voting isn't a thing then (assuming we are both in a voting country)?

No matter what you say about it, ultimately, anyone can be voted out of office, even if obstacles are put in the way of that happening.

Democracy is only as good as the people who vote in it.

Ok, well I’m talking about what happens in the real world, not people screaming into the void online. Whether or not you hear more about it towards the older gen online, the real world is ageist against younger generations all the time.

Sincerely would like to hear some examples of real-world being against younger generations examples. Might give me a better idea of what your opinion expressing is all about.

Again though, having said that, not ALL old people (or ALL of any kind of people for that matter) think the same way.

Life is a Volume Control dial, and not an On/Off switch. Its variance, its something that can always be plotted on a bell-curve graph.

I don’t give a wet shit about online people arguing when there’s objective reality to look at for real examples. Good day.

And here you were doing so well, but you didn't stick the landing.

I wish for you a great day today and every day.

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