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I know she’s been villainized by the right, but I feel like, at this point, she needs to be elevated to key leadership of the party. She’s the only one who seems to be able to speak to specifics. I just listened to Jeffries on Jon Stewart’s podcast and it was all of the same old generalities.
I can't speak to every politician, but as a class, they seem to be elites that are disconnected from the average American.
AOC, having been a normal person, is able to bring the message that gets through to people without having it filtered through some sort of communication agency.
I agree but she spends a lot of time reciting very rehearsed and morally charged statements that are great for sound bites. I don’t even disagree with them, but it’s what a lot of “elites“ do as well, so if she wants to separate from them then she needs to speak in a little more plain language when the cameras are rolling on her if you ask me.
Half the population is below average intelligence. As a politician you have to speak in a way that is both to the point and emotionally charging to get your point across as simply as possible. It's the best way to actually reach the most people. You also have to repeat yourself ad nauseam. It’s just a pitfall of the job. Simultaneously, they have to treat people like idiots and not treat people like idiots.
It also works. Remember all those signs in yards this past election cycle that said “Trump: lower taxes, Harris: higher taxes” and “Trump: good for America, Harris: bad for America”? They were wrong, and simple and they worked.
again, I don’t disagree with her at all. I like and support her. The issue is if she wants to separate herself from elites maybe she could consider a slightly blunter approach. Apparently people are really angry that I have a slightly different opinion on strategy.
She isn’t Trump. She can’t be Trump. I don’t want signs like Trump.
So what's your issue? What does "not speak like an elite" even mean? Politicians speak like politicians and they do so for reasons I've already outlined. She isn't talking down to you, she's empathizing with you. What do you want her to say? You want her to talk like the room is filled with post-doctorates? How does that help a chronically under-educated populace who literally can't afford get a good education, let alone pay attention to anything of substance after sifting through our hellscape of a media?
She isn't Trump, of course. I don't think anyone in Lemmy is asking for her to be. My point was that repeating yourself and speaking simply literally just won an election. "Me, good. Other guy, bad" as a message, works. Bernie has been repeating himself for longer than I've been alive. He's been right about everything he's ever said in the simplest of terms. Why do you think he keeps doing it? Because it's still true, and people still need to hear that message.
Ok I get it you’re all mad and dogpiling. Let’s move on
I haven't downvoted a single one of your comments. I'm asking questions I wanted answers to. Sorry people don't like what you're saying, but I'm trying to have a conversation.
Not singling you out intentionally just don’t feel like writing what I think and getting endlessly downvoted and then inevitably answering the same questions over and over as folks chase upvotes lol