Noam_Parenti
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True I almost didn't add that. Liberals in principle do not but I know a lot of people who call themselves liberals that do.
Well I'm liking thunder a lot more anyway and it's ad free (or I'm just not noticing the ads which is whatever)
At least one of the boots has a functional healthcare system, high speed rail, 95%+ home ownership, no property taxes (except at point of sale), a good education system, etc.
The US is just 10 corporations pretending to be a government
I'm just finally switching fully to Lemmy. I'm not from .ml but Im probably aligned with them afaik. I'm a communist.
To be clear, I'm not dunking on Bernie or AOC. Their intentions might be in the right place.
I'm saying the system will only allow so much muckraking. The ruling class ultimately determines who is on your ballot in the first place.
Then you have the list of other problems like first past the post voting, voter ID laws (poll tax), gerrymandering, the electoral college, and the fact that electorates are not legally required to vote the way their representatives vote in the election.
Its possible for both to be true. Id much prefer a ranked choice voting system.
What's also important would be to 1) unionize businesses over a certain size 2) convert those businesses to worker Cooperatives
A worker cooperative is a business that is owned collectively by all the employees and decisions are made through democracy (structure depending on application).
Some countries have had programs where unions can buy shares of the company they represent and the government will match it. Then either the union eventually owns the majority shares and it effectively becomes a worker cooperative or the state and the union own majority shares.
Tldw; liberals still want capitalism and the class hierarchy it creates. They just want capitalism that is supportive of gay and black people and social safety nets.
Switched to Thunder instead of Sync and it works much better now
Those are all great in the context of US politics. But things like universal healthcare shouldn't even be part of the debate, they should just be the standard expectation.
Yes even Bernie
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The post actually explains it really well