wtaf. Is this a real thing?https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1095763596062150656 …
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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
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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I'm completely ambivalent as to who it is that does what job. The idea that some of these people are homeless suggests exploitation to some. To me it suggests that it's nice that otherwise marginally employable people can earn a nice wage.
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Btw, this is the perfect AOC issue, bc it highlights the disconnect btw the level of drive and hustle that many poorer people have (many in AOC's district) with the horror that many middle class progressives feel that the poor should have to hustle at all
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