I’m ready to join the far left Democrats—Sanders, Warren and AOC. This complete lack of regard for diabetics who aren’t millionaires (as I am guessing there HAVE to be some Republicans with diabetes—who probably also own stock in and owe favor to—big pharma) is pushing me further to the left.
I’m ready to join the far left Democrats—Sanders, Warren and AOC. This complete lack of regard for diabetics who aren’t millionaires (as I am guessing there HAVE to be some Republicans with diabetes—who probably also own stock in and owe favor to—big pharma) is pushing me further to the left.
ScannyDo, welcome to sanity. It's amazing how much cognitive and emotional energy gets released when one no longer has to expend much of it trying to resolve the dissonance of the "corporate conservative" branch of economics. I started out leftish (thanks, Mom and Dad for all your talk about fairness and equity), but as I learned more, I've moved further to the left, though where I am is not actually "left" in the sense it is usually used. It is based on community and compassion, and deeply intertwined with traditional values of the people I come from. This makes me a conservative in the original sense of the word, but the closest word we have right now is "progressive".
ScannyDo, we do the things people are talking about needing to do in the posts. It's old-fashioned electioneering in it's most positive form. Building community. Talking to people about voting, but not about campaigning yet. Let the candidates make their own cases, then if you feel comfortable ( and have the energy and the inclination), join in. Join the party that reflects your values, even if imperfectly, and ask how you can help out. Write letters to the editor. Write on your local community forum. Go door to door for whichever party you choose to work with, if you do. (This is among the most effective things we can do, by the way.) Write postcards/letters. This is grass-roots work and this year it is more critical than it has been for a long time. You can't do it all, but pick something you can do and go for it.
I’m ready to join the far left Democrats—Sanders, Warren and AOC. This complete lack of regard for diabetics who aren’t millionaires (as I am guessing there HAVE to be some Republicans with diabetes—who probably also own stock in and owe favor to—big pharma) is pushing me further to the left.
ScannyDo, welcome to sanity. It's amazing how much cognitive and emotional energy gets released when one no longer has to expend much of it trying to resolve the dissonance of the "corporate conservative" branch of economics. I started out leftish (thanks, Mom and Dad for all your talk about fairness and equity), but as I learned more, I've moved further to the left, though where I am is not actually "left" in the sense it is usually used. It is based on community and compassion, and deeply intertwined with traditional values of the people I come from. This makes me a conservative in the original sense of the word, but the closest word we have right now is "progressive".
That’s it, exactly. Now how do we convince more Americans?
ScannyDo, we do the things people are talking about needing to do in the posts. It's old-fashioned electioneering in it's most positive form. Building community. Talking to people about voting, but not about campaigning yet. Let the candidates make their own cases, then if you feel comfortable ( and have the energy and the inclination), join in. Join the party that reflects your values, even if imperfectly, and ask how you can help out. Write letters to the editor. Write on your local community forum. Go door to door for whichever party you choose to work with, if you do. (This is among the most effective things we can do, by the way.) Write postcards/letters. This is grass-roots work and this year it is more critical than it has been for a long time. You can't do it all, but pick something you can do and go for it.