• Today@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Too high?? Lauren Boebert dropped out of high school. She passed her GED in her 30s, right before she won her first election.

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      Doesn’t she also claim to be a millionaire? Education isn’t the only barrier to entry. Financials and family connections likely play a bigger role. If I’m living paycheck to paycheck I can’t stop working to go campaign. I also just can’t walk into my local political party office and demand to be put on a ballot for something out of the blue.

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        4 months ago

        Boebert is not a millionaire.

        Her most recent disclosure, filed on Aug. 13, 2022, lists seven assets worth $1,001 to $15,000 and five worth $1,000 or less. Even if each asset was at the high end of that range, that totals just over $100,000.

        Her previous work experience was as an Assistant Manager at a McDonald’s.

        Or possibly an assistant to the manager.

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      Because she was a useful idiot for moneyed interests with nothing better to do than hit fundraiser meetings, so the PhD educated social worker with fifty clients never had a chance. Like, what you’re saying is true, but what they’re saying about barriers being too high is also very much true.

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        Basically if you’re willing to kiss the right rings, the barrier is not too high.

        If you intend to be a populist and serve the broad interests of most of your constituents, the barrier to entry is sky high.

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      4 months ago

      But she would never win a Democrat ticket. Democrats only elect perfect people. Perfect people don’t exist. So democrats only elect people who pretend they’re perfect.