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Sen. Elissa Slotkin says her job is to be more than just an ‘activist’ against Trump - mlive.com (www.mlive.com)

submitted 1 day ago by DemBoSain@midwest.social to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/24838879

“I get it that it makes people feel good to see people yelling,” Slotkin said. “But not one of those words is stopping the actual things that Donald Trump is doing.”

Perhaps it's not working because of people like Slotkin willing to continue the losing strategies of the past.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Populism, not demagoguery.

[–] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same thing really. Demagogues are just the populists you don't like.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Moral relativism is bullshit. A Democratic-socialist populist who is sincere about helping the working class is not the same as a fascist demagogue who is lies about doing so and uses the power he gains to curtail civil rights instead!

[–] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

No I was talking about the literal definition. I just read The Republic by Plato. He uses the word a lot to describe democracy. I didn't realize the word has become a political buzz word in modern usage.

I agree Orange man bad. I voted against him three times.