I would love to see someone organize and put anti-imperialist questions to every representative in the country. Bet you only a fraction would entertain the questions and of those who do, few would sound like they agree.
As much as I like putting a spotlight on how little they act like representatives, this does have a partisan slant. I could easily see liberal democrats watching this and going “see, the problem is republicans.” Instead of “our ‘representatives’ are war-mongering imperialists.”
Like even Bernie Sanders, known for being one of the most reformist reps in the government (not that that means much since the standards are so low), failed to have the right narrative line on Palestine.
If people could see how thoroughly their representatives fall into step with war-mongering and empire, it may give more of them pause about the legitimacy of the system as a whole.
If people could see how thoroughly their representatives fall into step with war-mongering and empire, it may give more of them pause about the legitimacy of the system as a whole.
Oh you are right about that. Hopefully, as time goes by and the gov’t shutdown continues, more and more orgs could come up with ways to make people reach that conclusion that you described. From what I have seen, Codepink is starting to do the following:
I mean…these are Republican senators from states like Florida, Ohio and Tennessee. You are better off pleading Freddy Kreuger to spare you.
Yeah but obviously Rick Scott is a big pile of shit. He couldn’t even pretend (or lie) not to be for a second.
I actually think that’s not as bad, but it’s all bad.
