wtaf. Is this a real thing?https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1095763596062150656 …
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There is this notion, near-universal among people who are political junkies, that is totally divorced from reality: that TERRIBLE optics on your side mean nothing and if you just explain to people your intellect will win them over and there will be no price to pay down the road.
1/ I'm something quite other than a political junkie. I love policy, but hate politics. I'd shrink the government in a moment and leave the important stuff to the technocrats and that would cut down on lobbying. But that's not going to happen, so this is what democracy looks like
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2/ Put another way. You can have open democratic practices in which the wicked jostle with the righteous to be heard. Or you can have cosseted practices that look dignified but are largely removed from public purview. We're going to have to choose which one
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OK, let me try a different tack. Would you say it was wise/halpful for a gun rights lobbyist (pro or con) to hire the families of school shooting victims to hold their place in line so they (the lobbyists) could attend a school shooting hearing while not letting the families in?
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