Unironically Pritzker is someone to watch out for although imo not this election cycle. Of the democrat governors, I've seen more positive and less negative from him. Motherfucker got me legal weed and a paid vacation. That's powerful energy going into the future

[–] RION@hexbear.net 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's wild that the richest politician in the country is somehow one of the better ones

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago

Same reason FDR was smart enough to invest in guillotine insurance.

[–] star_wraith@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I have met more than one rich person IRL who gets what’s going on and understands how to actually keep capitalism running. Weirdly it’s the CEOs and people who have inherited vast sums (like Pritzker) that are the sharpest on this. Entrepreneurs and business owners are completely off the deep end though, they all think they’re characters in an Ayn Rand novel.

If I was a soulless billionaire I would be pushing for social democracy tout court.

[–] Poison_Ivy@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

Inb4 a mega billionaire takes it too far for them and accidentally presses the communism button that also guillotines them at the same time

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ayyyy another IL comrade!

[–] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I've been here. I've been contemplating going out of my way to see you play one of these days but I don't want to be cringe irl

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

Haha, you're all good! I've met a number of people from this site. DM me if you ever wanna!

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

It's better than nothing, but imagine what I would've accomplished without federal interference.

[–] star_wraith@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

I don’t want to say I “like” Pritzker, but I’m not sure I have the right words for it. He’s definitely made me ask myself which is better: a “leftist” politician like AOC or Bernie who won’t even try to get anything done (or just not very good at getting things done; to me AOC is the former or Bernie is the later), or a more centrist lib like Pritzker who at least can be funny and also an asshole who can actually get shit done, even if it’s just meager improvements.

[–] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 23 points 10 months ago

As far as I can tell, not really, but there are certainly democrat politicians that are quite loathed. Simple indifference would be a massive improvement over the attitudes towards Biden.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago