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[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The only hope i feel for the future of this country is workers unionizing. Its the only leverage the poor and middle class have. We need more unions.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At this point it's a race to see whether the workers will band together before the magats go full fascist. This decade is about to get really interesting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't want interesting, I want a decent life, preferably not in slavery to the rich... Is it time to move to Sweden?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk.. recently I read about a guy that actually moved from there to America...I was perplexed 🤔.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Grass is always greener to some people.

I have two philosophies in life.

  1. Love where you live despite the flaws
  2. It's easier to fight from inside the belly of the beast than outside it
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same thing happening here. 20% of people voted for the fascists last election. Now they're trying to pass a law forcing teachers, doctors, nurses, etc. to report illegal immigrants to the authorities.

Also, massive cuts to welfare, scrapped environmental goals. The list is expanding

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe workers should have more power to influence government decisions as opposed to the current situation where the people with money have the most influence in government?

[–] Gorilladrums 2 points 1 year ago

Individual and collective laborers negotiating their contracts with businesses was always meant to be an integral part of a healthy capitalist society. This idea that individuals were meant to accept any shitty contract a corporation gives them and roll over happened because the government failed to do it's job of regulating corporations from abusing their power.