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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is young and lacks experience, especially in foreign policy. But that may be exactly the kind of person we need as president: someone relatively untainted by both the DNC and the GOP, and someone who has not spent decades being shaped by corporate lobbying and the protection of profit margins.
We need leadership that is still capable of idealism, somebody willing to push for the kind of social programs this country increasingly needs if we want to reverse the direction things are heading right now.
AOC absolutely could be elected. A 2028 presidential run is not some impossible fantasy. The deciding factor is simple: younger voters would actually need to show up and vote in meaningful numbers.
I honestly don't think there's a single real person that cares about this in the slightest. The only people I see unironically bringing up this argument are old people who preffer fascists over anyone younger than them.
O... kay...
So there are other countries on this planet aside from America. In fact, there’s an entire department of the U.S. government, headed by the person fourth in line for the presidency, whose sole purpose is handling foreign policy and relations with other nations.
Foreign policy is arguably the single most important qualification a president can have.
I’m 40 years old, and I’ve been saying this since I was a teenager because I’m not short-sighted enough to think the world ends at America’s borders.
And moreover, I literally said in my original comment that we may need somebody inexperienced like AOC at this point. Did you somehow miss that part?
I'm not American and my comment wasn't meant to be negative towards you. This is an argument quite often brought up in my home country, usually by the group of people I mentioned. This is also because, similarly to the USA, pretty much all of the 'experienced' politicians are just horrible.
So all I was saying is that, in my opinion, when you take all of this into account, this qualification becomes worthless. Because you can either have a qualified fascist or an unqualified maybe-somewhat-good guy or gal.
Right okay.
I hear what you're saying.
And I'm still saying that it's probably the most important qualification the president can have.
I guess I'm just not connecting what I'm saying in correlation to what you're saying... 🤷
She'll pick the right people for her cabinet, and she'll listen to their advice.
Young? I’d take young over dementia riddled. Besides, this country desperately needs fresh leadership and engagement from people who are younger.
If Emanuel Macron became French President at 39, I’m sure there’s no issue with AOC being 38 by 2028.
I umm.....got some bad news for you.
I know man... I know... America is so fucked.