Jimmy Dore Savages Michael Moore

This one fascinated me because, at various times in my life, MM and JD have both been exemplars of all that is good and right for me.

These days, there are Democrats, and there are leftists, and there is no overlap between the two. In all the essential measures, from the economy to endless war, the elected Dems, all the way to and including AOC, are on the wrong side whenever there’s a vote–despite what they may say and preach and claim to stand for.

Michael Moore has said the smartest things of all when it comes to climate change and the fact that “alternatives” will solve nothing if the richest peoples in the world insist on excess and capitalist overconsumption and lives rooted in greed and inequality.

Jimmy Dore is ignoring all of that, and saying that so long as Moore still thinks that voting blue is the answer, he’s a dumbass.

Mostly and usually I tend to agree with Jimmy, and consider Moore’s prescriptions to be dubious to useless.

But I don’t support JD’s demonizing of MM, because I view it as worse than useless.

Personally I can still be friends with you if you’re a Dem, even though I’m not.

It is getting more complicated though.

53 House Republicans voted against billions for Ukraine, while no Democrats did.

Then we have cases like this guy, a Repub who based his whole campaign on being anti-war.

I still haven’t voted for any R’s.

I don’t know for how much longer that will be true.