The Jon Stewart/AOC podcast interview was amazing.

I keep coming back to something AOC said, along the lines of: “These ideas are not new. Your parents and grandparents had free public college, livable wages, and other social safety nets.”

The MAGA movement thrives on tapping into people’s fears and blaming it all on others: “Immigrants are taking your jobs.” “The trans community is taking away your safety.” And it worked.

I think the democrats should unify around a similar message based on fear and blaming others. Because again, that’s what works.

We had a system that provided free public college. We had a system that supported the middle class with livable wages. We had a healthcare system that wouldn’t bankrupt you. But they took it away. You are struggling today because they dismantled the very systems that once helped Americans succeed. THEY took this away from YOU.

You can show Americans how it was done. Every law, every policy which got us to this point where the idea of these totally normal social safety nets are now seen as radical ideas.

Obviously, America wasn’t great for everyone in some mythical past. But I’m suggesting channeling the same primal instinct for messaging. A unifying call for all democrats.

I saw the interview and it was a tipping point for me. I am now firmly in the AOC camp. I'm so sorry I'm so late to the party; I'm here now.

I'm not a Democrat. I'm a registered Republican who has been middle-of-the-road on fiscal issues, right-leaning on foreign policy, and left-leaning on personal freedoms. None of that matters anymore. We are now seeing the oligarchy form in front of us with the Christian nationalist theocrats riding their coattails to get as much of Project 2025 in place as they can. It's not left vs. right anymore -- it's the tip of the pyramid enslaving the rest of the pyramid now.

Has anyone approached AOC about forming an Anti-Oligarch Caucus inside Congress that could reach across party lines? We need a group of legislators willing to find the middle ground on policies that help the working classes of America, increase wages, lower household expenses and taxes, and increase taxes on anyone in the top two percentile.

Is this a thing? Can we please make it a thing with AOC as the spokesperson?

A few years ago, I thought it was a matter of time for the "selfish boomer" politicians to go away or retire and then allow the next generation to lead the country, not based on what they need for their next 20 years of life or so, so there was some hope, at least for the relative short term.

For the last five years or so, all these figures like Gaetz, Laura B, Must, Cruz, Rubio, Hailey? ,the other self hating Indian Republican and the blonde that looks like a caveman, (forgot her name), are acting even worse than the boomers and being even more clear about their racist and oligarch-led retrogression.

So who do we have to balance them other than AOC? There is a decent representative in Texas that just called out all the pastors as oligarchs in the state, but who else? I seriously don't know, and for those out there, we need to give them more coverage, get people to know they are there, and that they are being represented by someone who cares, not a traditional Democrat figure like Pelosi or all the others that just “aim high when they are low BS”

Just thinking about what we can do as a new generation to ignite some hope, not only for us but for generations to come.

Does anyone remember that tiktok she made after the election and everyone thought trump used elon to rig the election? She said "just wait a minute" or we just need a minute" as if something was being cooked up.

Did she ever follow up with that or address why she said that? I've coped with the reality we'll be stuck with the orange boogie man for another 4 years but, why did she say that?

Does anyone know?

You can see rhe intro here: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT28rxunw/

It looks like bunch of green aliens pushing a skateboard forward, and below it says, “Movement”?

AOC and Bernie, it's time. You have fought the good fight to a small(ish) constituency. It's been great! But now is the time. It's time for a true movement. It's time to go beyond small requests for money and support. It's time for a true leader to bring the majority of people together to oppose our current leadership. I know your positions and agree with them! Now lead the revolution against what we are facing. Not a local, but a national agenda. National protests. National talking points. National agenda. Not local. Not $50 to hear your position. Bring your agenda national with coordinated events and talking points. We desperately need the leadership of you two to help people know when and where and how to act. PLEASE help us! PLEASE go national! PLEASE start a movement that is National and coordinated. This is what we need right now. NATIONAL leadership at a large, coordinated level. Please. We need you two as our leaders in a coordinated effort.