{"id":56152,"date":"2020-12-24T17:48:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T22:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=56152"},"modified":"2020-12-24T17:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T22:48:28","slug":"why-its-good-to-push-politicians-to-do-the-right-thing-even-when-they-probably-wont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=56152","title":{"rendered":"Why It\u2019s Good To Push Politicians To Do The Right Thing (Even When They Probably Won\u2019t)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why It\u2019s Good To Push Politicians To Do The Right Thing (Even When They Probably Won\u2019t)<\/a><\/h3>\n
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The\u00a0debate<\/a>\u00a0rages on over whether or not House progressives should force a floor vote on Medicare for All by threatening not to re-elect Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker, with one side arguing that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of \u201cThe Squad\u201d were elected to advance progressive policies so that\u2019s what they should do, and the other side arguing that AOC is cool so shut up and leave her alone.<\/p>\n

As we\u00a0discussed yesterday<\/a>, Americans will not be given Medicare for All despite\u00a0overwhelming public support<\/a>\u00a0because an immense amount of power depends on keeping them in a state of financial struggle so they don\u2019t interfere in the affairs of a nation which serves as the hub of a global empire. The US political system does not exist to serve the interests of Americans, it exists to serve the interests of the empire. No part of that system is there to protect the people from the powerful; it\u2019s there to protect the powerful from the people.<\/p>\n