New instance, new #introduction.
I enjoy #coffee #tea #reading #sff #history #cooking #singing.
I'm a #queer #gay #lgbtq #iconoclast. I #create #software.
My #politics tend to be #progressive #centrist: I want the world to be a better place for everyone while maximizing agency. This is likely far-left in the US.
I'm a founding director of https://www.empathyforward.org/.
Zohran Mamdani erobert New York City – und wie weiter? (Analyse, Leitartikel, Mietendeckel, Gegenbewegung, Demokratie) #Mamdani #NYC #Democracy #Democrats #DSA #Mietenwahnsinn #Trump #MAGA #Left #Centrist #Politics #USA #Election #ElectionDay #FightBack
Well #Cuomo is done politically. He is the past. The big question is what is a winning strategy going forward.
There is no single strategy, but #Bernie, #AOC, and now #Mandani have shown an alternative path.
Would that have worked for #Spanberger in #VA? I’ll leave others to opine, but her politics are more #centrist and maybe that is a better fit in the Commonwealth
#Banality #Democracy #Progress
Tall Poppies as seen by a bucket of crabs... in the sun ...
""The sin of progressive ... politics is being on the right side of history too early. ""
"" Why must #Australia be tethered to those who fear, those who are so timorous of the unknown they dedicate their lives to ensuring no one steps outside of the strictures? ""
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"" #Centrist politics benefits no one who doesn’t already hold power.
It proffers *aspiration, a modern-day snake oil*, while moving the “centre” further and further right, telling you *it’s always been there.*
... truisms are banal.
Truths shouldn’t need to be sold.
They should be innate.
And we know when we’ve been sold a lie.
Oftentimes the bravest among us are those who have nothing left to lose. ""
-- All quotes from Amy Remeikis (2024/5)
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/250923-if-australia-could-be-brave
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