c/news · by return2ozma@lemmy.world · 297dYoung Democrats challenge aging incumbents in California's safe blue seats https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/congress-young-dem-challengers/97 points · 8 comments · view on lemmy.world
8 Comments
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 27 pts · 297d
Why, at 81, would you say “yeah, I totally want to spend 2+ more years in congress”? You’ve probably got all the money and seniority.
aarch0x40@piefed.social · 12 pts · 297d
and they even qualify for the pension after 5 years.
runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 297d
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mercano@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 297d
I don’t think the middle class knows about the first million, Pip.
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 297d
They don't know any other life. They don't know anybody outside work. They don't know what they were even doing a minute ago. They aren't going to cause trouble.
aarch0x40@piefed.social · 13 pts · 297d
Perhaps with a wave of young challengers we can finally get what the US deserves, a true left.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 0 pts · 297d
That is really not how that works. Reformers are nice, but it's usually more militant leftists who actually get things done through direct action.
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 297d
It's always a combination of both working to put moderates in tough positions so their usual resistance is too costly.
kelpie_returns@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 297d