People are dunking on this in predictable ways, but there’s a very real dispute here about the nature of power: is power primarily about occupying and utilizing office, or is power primarily about moving public sentiment through symbolic gestures?https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-i-do-not-have-a-relationship-with-nancy-pelosi …
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I think at heart AOC believes that eg. Megan Rapinoe is a more powerful & important figure than Nancy Pelosi is right now, because Rapinoe, through her achievements, words, and identity symbolizes much; by contrast institutional power is “fake.” This is a common idea these days.pic.twitter.com/MjgvwtXvjb
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The criticism here which bites is not “aw, poor little AOC has to do her job;” it is: people of this ilk fundamentally misunderstand that their attempts to engage in symbolic politics are no more inherently “real” than the symbolism and shared construction of common institutions.
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The difference is that, hopefully, institutions offer breaks on the process of executing symbolically granted power; this is the difference between, say, a jury and a lynch mob. The failure to recognize this is a danger, and a reason not to grant this view further power.
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Hunch is that both AOC and pelosi are acting rationally given their resources and playing a zero sum game and you know what fine whatever keeps congress gridlocked
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