Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-215 days agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-215 days agomessage-square54linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down7·15 days 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-up9arrow-down2·15 days 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-215 days 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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