Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

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    Why is this a bad thing, specifically? Like, articulate reasons that this is bad.

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      Because he isn’t the one that’s going to have to living in and running the world in another 20 years or fewer.

      Because there are plenty of other choices that better represent the current and future population.

      Because he was alive during a time that is so drastically different than the current world.

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        I don’t want a representative of the population. I want someone competent who can accomplish policy objectives I share.

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          That’s a very individualist way to look at a national decision.

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            I don’t understand what you mean. The rest of the population can make the same choice in the same contest

            That’s what voting is.

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              Right. And when the rest of everyone votes with the same exact mentality, what’s the result?

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      To say the quiet part out loud, he simply isn’t charismatic enough to hold the President position. Common people don’t feel their future to be secure under his leadership. Look at GOP’s candidates meanwhile (DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Trump) - they are all populist if not anything else.

      And like it or not, this perception matters. I can guarantee he’ll recieve less votes this time (compared to last year, he can still marginally win simply because of how unpopular the Right has become).

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        Populists should be fought because populism is a cancer. Biden is exceptionally charismatic, in my view. Significantly more so than most Presidential candidates not named Obama or Clinton.

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          Populism alone isn’t bad. Sometimes, it’s the only way to get a perspective or idea out there, and make it not seem like a taboo anymore. And some ideas out there are worth supporting.

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              Do you have any evidence that populism is inherently bad? Yes or no? Incidents can be easily rebuked with incidents where populism has allowed progress or improvement into quality of living. So, if incidents is all you have, simply say no.

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                Yes I do. Every populist politician in human history.

                You’re welcome.

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                  So, you don’t actually have a case here? Could you please break it down and disseminate that statement in order for it be looked at and with scrunity?

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                    Populism is the appeal to the basest of human emotions, exploited by demagogues to seize power and, at absolute best ignore their mandate and consolidate power for themselves and at worst, the Terror of the French Revolution or its parallels in China during the Cultural Revolution.

                    It is never, ever, guided by reason, sound policy, or best practice. It is what led to the USSR. It is what led to the Trail of Tears. It is what led to the secession of Southern states during the US Civil War. Populism didn’t just give us Trump, it consistently gives us the worst society can be, because it is based off of the worst of society’s emotions - fear, jealousy, anger, and resentment.

                    Please, author any defense of populism. I’m all ears.

                    I understand this is argument probably coming from some Sandersite-progressive “we only have good intentions” place, but that just makes you an enabler, not enlightened.

                    If good ideas can stand on their own, they don’t need to be driven by resentment or fear of an “other.”

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          Biden is exceptionally charismatic, in my view

          I’m sorry, but that’s a delusional take. A fricking potato has more charisma than Biden.