Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has gone from being considered a far-left backbencher when she was first elected in 2018, to one of the Democratic Party's most prominent rising stars — and with that has come swirling questions and rumors about whether she plans to seek higher office.Former Bara...

“What’s funny about that is they assume my ambition is positional. They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.”

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    The US system is similar to the UK as far as I can tell, and our two party system is starting to collapse.

    Not really since UK has a parliamentary system, which is far more hospitable to third (and fourth and fifth…) parties.