Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

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    1 year ago

    Because he’s ancient. He’s a half century older than the majority of the voting population.

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      Why is this a bad thing, specifically? Like, articulate reasons that this is bad.

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        Because he isn’t the one that’s going to have to living in and running the world in another 20 years or fewer.

        Because there are plenty of other choices that better represent the current and future population.

        Because he was alive during a time that is so drastically different than the current world.

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          I don’t want a representative of the population. I want someone competent who can accomplish policy objectives I share.

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              I don’t understand what you mean. The rest of the population can make the same choice in the same contest

              That’s what voting is.

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                Right. And when the rest of everyone votes with the same exact mentality, what’s the result?

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        To say the quiet part out loud, he simply isn’t charismatic enough to hold the President position. Common people don’t feel their future to be secure under his leadership. Look at GOP’s candidates meanwhile (DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Trump) - they are all populist if not anything else.

        And like it or not, this perception matters. I can guarantee he’ll recieve less votes this time (compared to last year, he can still marginally win simply because of how unpopular the Right has become).

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          Populists should be fought because populism is a cancer. Biden is exceptionally charismatic, in my view. Significantly more so than most Presidential candidates not named Obama or Clinton.

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            Populism alone isn’t bad. Sometimes, it’s the only way to get a perspective or idea out there, and make it not seem like a taboo anymore. And some ideas out there are worth supporting.

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                Do you have any evidence that populism is inherently bad? Yes or no? Incidents can be easily rebuked with incidents where populism has allowed progress or improvement into quality of living. So, if incidents is all you have, simply say no.

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                  Yes I do. Every populist politician in human history.

                  You’re welcome.

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                    So, you don’t actually have a case here? Could you please break it down and disseminate that statement in order for it be looked at and with scrunity?

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            Biden is exceptionally charismatic, in my view

            I’m sorry, but that’s a delusional take. A fricking potato has more charisma than Biden.