Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down7·1 day agoPolitics isn’t sportsball, so no. Breaking arbitrary stats doesn’t mean shit in terms of making material changes in the world, which is what politics is about.
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minus-squarejaxxed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 day agoIt is not unreasonable to ask why he didn’t use the filibuster to block actual legislation, instead of just I terupting procedure.
minus-squareBophades@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-21 day agodeleted by creator
Politics isn’t sportsball, so no. Breaking arbitrary stats doesn’t mean shit in terms of making material changes in the world, which is what politics is about.
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It is not unreasonable to ask why he didn’t use the filibuster to block actual legislation, instead of just I terupting procedure.
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