cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44996161
March 25, 2026
The policy, announced by Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democratic representative, on Wednesday morning, aims to ensure the AI boom protects the environment and communities, and benefits workers instead of harming them. A temporary ban, the lawmakers say, would give the US government time to create strong federal safeguards for AI, which is “affecting everything from our economy and wellbeing to our democracy, warfare and our kids’ education”.
“AI and robotics are creating the most sweeping technological revolution in the history of humanity,” Sanders said in an emailed statement. “The scale, scope, and speed of that change is unprecedented. Congress is way behind where it should be in understanding the nature of this revolution and its impacts.”
Nice, but obviously going nowhere.
Being correct too early is what being a leftist means, after all.
If the only battles we fight are ones we’re guaranteed to win, we’ll never win the war.
Bring this shit up, even if it’ll never get to a vote.
It shows America that some will fight, but that they need the numbers.
That only makes sense if by “too early” you mean “before the majority”.
And if no one pushed for progress until the majority of Congress wants it, we’d never get it.
80+ years ago Congress told FDR he had to wait “one more term” before they’d support universal healthcare which the majority of voters wanted and elected FDR to enact.
Stop fucking catering to the majority of congress, and start catering to voters.
That’s how we win elections and make progress.
Changing politicians to match voters. Changing voters to match politicians doesn’t work
Quick edit:
Sometimes changing voters to match a politician “works” as in winning election…
But we just saw how that works out. The politician doesn’t do enough, that party’s voters disengage, and the opposing party captures the entire federal government.
It’s a bandaid that can work every once and a while, but even when it does there’s no pay off. So turnout plummets in the next couple elections.
This shit ain’t complicated, it’s basic sociology
Was Biden right when he opposed universal healthcare, or is it just a new set of rich donors?
Biden isn’t even vaguely left leaning. Am I missing the joke?
We agree there. Given he won the nomination I guess there are very few left leaning Americans.
If you followed how he got nominated, it was yet another scheme by the establishment Dems (who are a center right party, in the rest of the world’s perspective) to stop Sanders or any properly leftist candidate from winning.
All the less popular candidates dropped out and endorsed Biden on the same day at a critical moment in the primary season.
It was less obvious than the heavy-handed tactics of 2024’s primaries, but he was absolutely ordained by the party and not the primary voters.
You are correct. I’m considered a “radical leftist” because I have crazy ideas like “don’t put kids in cages” and “the mentally ill shouldn’t be left to die on the street”.
Clearly polarizing positions that directly contradict the teachings of Jesus.