…it is not good enough just to be critical of Trump and his destructive policies.
(Thought that was a good addition from the article, left out of the subtitle.)
Here are just a few of the issues that must be addressed:
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We must create a vibrant democracy by ending Citizens United and preventing billionaires from buying elections.
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Whether the Democratic establishment likes it or not, we must guarantee healthcare as a human right through Medicare for All.
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We must build millions of affordable homes and apartments and give our younger generation the opportunity to own a home of their own.
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We must make public colleges, universities, trade schools and medical schools tuition-free and have the best childcare and public school system in the entire world.
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We must expand social security and bring back traditional pension plans so that every senior in this country can retire with dignity.
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We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage and guarantee every worker the right to join a union.
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We must demand that the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations in America pay their fair share in taxes.
No one is getting a single one of those bullet points out of Democrats
They damn sure aren’t getting a shred of one out of Jill Stein.
That’s cool but how are you going to do it?
I don’t know. Some of these points seem like discussion enders for many people. I suppose all I can think about is what I will do.
That’s a great list and all, but this is the guy who urged revolution and then turned tale and ran away three times and three times told us to vote for people who would never give us even a fraction of one of these things on this list. I was all in for him, but he let us down bad.
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At this point America has terminal cancer in every single major organ. The only cure from here is to cut it all out and replace it with someone fresh or a near fatal dose of chemo to wipe it all out. Anything less will just delay the inevitable death.
Fuck it, I’ll run for mayor of my city. Help me build a platform. I’ll start.
- Left as fuck.
- Evidence-based governance - no more “vibes-based” politics.
- A cat for every home and a chicken for every yard.
- Inflatable costume subsidy for low-income protestors.
- …?
You won me round with number 4.
Wow I’m in
The wealthy are not playing for the same team.
They don’t care if the country goes to shit they can just leave and find somewhere else nice to be. They would sell the country for a dollar and just go to Switzerland or whatever.
lol, you dont know swiss people. if they would come here, openly fuck around with elections, our direct democracy or state and personal rights, they would have a bad time. no matter the money.
PLEASE come and fuck with US! It would actually be interesting! Preferable, even. XD
The wealthy can’t really leave America. Their wealth is based on the American empire projecting force at home and abroad. They need the military banks and police intact if they want any money
I wish they would
So many “no shit” policies that we should have already been doing for decades, stymied as per usual by monied interests. Disgusting.
Both parties only do what their masters tell them to do. It isn’t their fault, man. They are helpless. It’s the systems fault. /s (just so no one gets confused)
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Meh, good luck to Bernie and similar minded Americans.
But as a Canadian, I ain’t going to America again, and I’m doing everything I can to get off of American products.
Like the news in America is currently going on about Trump’s comments about nationalizing elections, and how people are afraid he may try to meddle in their elections. As though he hadn’t tried to lead a violent insurrection when he lost last time around. Most of them seem to want to watch it all burn, and are willing to follow a convicted felon, alleged child rapist, and “prolific” pant shitter to see it happen. They’re willing to shrug off Musk’s Nazi salutes, and the epstein stuff is just a side-show without any real accountability for anyone involved. They’re openly attacking other western democracies and attempting to undermine THEIR OWN ALLIES national security, while making absolutely bullshit claims about their neighbours causing “national security emergencies” by having trade deficits. It’s utterly fucking absurd.
It should be really simple. You don’t attack your allies. But Americans are too stupid to even figure that one out it seems. So idk, I think Bernie may be dreaming of an America that doesn’t exist anymore. But best of luck to em.
Why do I keep seeing people on here call Bernie a liberal zionist?
I think he supports 2 state solution, right? So some people consider that a form of Zionism. Which seems a bit questionable because I believe that has also been Hamas’s position for the last few years, although they don’t call it that.
Maybe there’s more to it. To be honest I’m not overly worried about the exact positions of one of the more outspoken critics of Israel in congress. I’d much rather focus my ire on its defenders, which are many.
He don’t believe that zionism is a colonial project and said that bds is antisemitic
This is Lemmy. There are extreme left here. So left that they kind of horseshoe back towards the right again.
Also, I’ve definitely seen your username here for a while. I’m sure you know this by now.
Horseshoe theory is a psyop. It’s not a thing.
Unsure if edgy sarcasm or ML propaganda… Please disambiguate.
No more ML propaganda than the idea of horseshoe theory is CIA propaganda.
Also, ML propaganda? lol
Are still counting your age using “teen” at the end?
Thanks for disambiguating! :)
Di nada.
Also, no reason to use your 25 cent word of the day more than once. No one is impressed twice by its use.
Getting pissy at people for using a polysyllabic word twice isn’t coming across as the big own you seem to have been aiming for.
It’s a thing, it’s just inaccurate — that doesn’t change the hard facts that both sides somehow find their way to differently flavored authoritarianism.
I mean, it’s a thing the way all propaganda is a thing, but it’s not just inaccurate it’s deliberate because that’s how propaganda works.
that doesn’t change the hard facts that both sides somehow find their way to differently flavored authoritarianism
If you truly believe this you have no concept of what Socialism and/or Communism actually is and have fallen HARD for CIA propaganda.
Start with the FOIA section of the CIA website before they take it all down and read up on what the actually admit to when it comes to propagandizing US citizens.
Good luck.
Yeah you’ll need to be more accurate than ‘start with the FOIA section’ — right now I’m laughing at John Mulholland being paid $3k by the CIA to write a fucking ‘guide on trickery and deception’.
Unless you’re trying to say I’ve fallen for propaganda because they’re good at sleight of hand, at that point I can just direct my laughter in your direction.
Keep reading. You’ll get there eventually. I’m sure you’re patient and diligent enough. I have faith in you.
YOU CAN DO EET!
Right.
While I’m doing that, how about you look up burden of proof buddy?
You’ll figure it out. Actually, on second thought, you likely should have already known about this. Which does beg the question ‘Why are you acting like you don’t?’ .
Why did you just say that?
Yes. I mean, the only thing they have in common is they are part of the human political spectrum…
It truly boggles my mind that people don’t understand enough about politics and propaganda to realize this.
We’re not indoctrinated with this theory for no reason. Anti-communist propaganda serves bourgeois interests.
They only have little in common if you’re unimaginative.
Or one of them.
“Unscratched” liberals have much more in common with fascists than socialists.
One day you might look back on this and laugh at all the CIA propaganda you believed was true.
Oooohhh, spooky! 👻
Best guess? They’re either truly dedicated satirists, gone off the metamodernist deep end into deep post-irony, or they’ve genuinely decided that modernist Grand Narratives weren’t really all that bad (let’s just ignore all the atrocities they brought about). After all, far-left modernist narratives aren’t at all like those other, far-right modernist narratives! They’re different, just like everybody else who is selling a utopia (that’s only practically attainable through an authoritarian regime).
That’s a Ken M type account. Go with it.
I used to play golf with Ken M.
Did he bring tree branches instead of clubs?
Who?
Ken M.
Oh.
Ken M
Oh
Because he is
Yeah anyone who isn’t a fraud must be a zionist.
Because he’s American
Oh honey if you think Americans invented liberal Zionism have I got news for you.
Bernie. Honestly. The US is fucked. You know it always been fucked. It’s waaaaaay past the point of no return.
I don’t know.
Real hard to de-radicalize millions of conservatives and make sure the next generation are ALL educated enough not to become conservatives.
I know this will get some reactions, but IMO conservatives change much easier than progressives, particularly leftists.
Conservatives have no consistent values, no coherent mental value system, they are reactionary and will shift gears like the wind changes. A good, charismatic leader can easily set a new tone for a whole nation that calms down a large percentage of them, as I’ve seen a few times in my decades. They don’t have to even agree with the new leadership, they just have to feel like it’s their time to sit in the time-out box and they will remain quiet and grumble to themselves about imagined slights. They are children and have the attention spans of children.
I’m more concerned about the many, many progressives and leftists who are thirsty for retribution, because everything is remembered, a score has been kept and it drives a need for validation, for even a shred of recognition of the harm that the conservative movement has done over the years. These aren’t un-relatable feelings, but it’s going to start pushing the pendulum again, add to that the large number of sabotaging forces who work tirelessly to amplify the worst takes on both sides, fanning flames, trying to stoke contention.
Cool so Dems are going to stop suing viable 3rd parties off the ballots, eliminate the billionaire class and disband?
Because that’s about the only way THAT is going to happen.
Bernie isn’t actually a Democrat. He’s independent.
Well, we are certainly gaining enough downhill momentum to get us back up somewhere.
Feeling the need to explain how free fall works right now.
Fair point.
‘If you only vote harder for my good friends the status quo oligarchs that helped get us into this mess we can reverse Americas decline’
Bernie is doing what Bernie has always done, sheepdog for fascism.
Correct. Though I would more correctly say “Dems do what Dems have always done in the 21st century, guard dog for Fascism”.
Thank you for letting me know you feel this way.
Ah, I see Blue MAGA has arrived. Nice. Hey fellas.
Did you just call yourself “blue maga”? Weird, you’re supposed to be blindly calling people with valid opinions that, to shame them out of thinking clearly.
It bothers me that your reading comprehension skills are so bad.
Some of you kids shoulda definitely have been left behind.
Yeah third party voters generally have trouble understanding basic concepts
Is this that projecting that Dems do so well?
If every 3rd party voter had voted for Kamala you’d have still lost.
Against a 41x felon and pedo.
How fucked up is that when your position sucks so bad NOTHING can prop it up?
And people wonder why I voted for a black woman for president in that election.
Oh, the one who DIDN’T support a genocide. I know how that part tends to confuse Blue MAGA when I tell them.
Oh man such mind-blowing points…lol
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