• geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
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    12 days ago

    Most of them only care the part of the progressive movement which affects them. The 15 dollar minimum wage, LGBT movement, free healthcare, or whatever else drives them to it.

    Brown children getting burned alive does not affect them. So they defend it.

    • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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      12 days ago

      i’ve heard this before and always felt like it was a cynical take; but it’s getting harder and harder to regard it as nothing more than cynicism as i keep seeing examples like aoc.