So no one? We should treat people who want many of the same things we want generously, and the bare minimum of that is not exaggerating "can we at least get them a mattress?" into "we should put them at a $500/night hotel."
They don't want the same things "we want", they already have the things we want, I should know I once had the things they have, and virtue signaling about somehow getting 10,000 guardsmen mattresses is in terms of realism and practicality equally as meaningless as signaling a desire to put them in the Ritz
You are not going to win the troops over because on a fundamental level you have nothing to offer them, which is why this is a case study in meaningless optics
Do you want Medicare for All? Are you against the U.S. intervening in Venezuela? There are two issues you have in common with AOC. Making shit up about people who make the case for stuff you want in mainstream politics is a fast track to getting nothing done.
You are not going to win the troops over because on a fundamental level you have nothing to offer them
This isn't even about winning over the troops, but holy shit, socialism (and even social welfare policies like AOC is talking about) has a ton to offer troops. You're telling me you couldn't make the case for socialism to some grunt? "You won't get your legs blown off so some rich asshole can make oil money" is pretty convincing, for starters.
Who was talking about putting the troops up at the Ritz?
You saying the troops ain't good enough for the Ritz huh buster? Dam, that's cold-blooded
So no one? We should treat people who want many of the same things we want generously, and the bare minimum of that is not exaggerating "can we at least get them a mattress?" into "we should put them at a $500/night hotel."
They don't want the same things "we want", they already have the things we want, I should know I once had the things they have, and virtue signaling about somehow getting 10,000 guardsmen mattresses is in terms of realism and practicality equally as meaningless as signaling a desire to put them in the Ritz
You are not going to win the troops over because on a fundamental level you have nothing to offer them, which is why this is a case study in meaningless optics
Do you want Medicare for All? Are you against the U.S. intervening in Venezuela? There are two issues you have in common with AOC. Making shit up about people who make the case for stuff you want in mainstream politics is a fast track to getting nothing done.
This isn't even about winning over the troops, but holy shit, socialism (and even social welfare policies like AOC is talking about) has a ton to offer troops. You're telling me you couldn't make the case for socialism to some grunt? "You won't get your legs blown off so some rich asshole can make oil money" is pretty convincing, for starters.