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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 55 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Oligarchy destroyed the social contract and forced nihilism amongst the youth. It's why the entire world is tilting authoritarian. Democrats need to pivot hard into proper wealth taxation otherwise things will only devolve further. It's a moral imperative at this point.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 33 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Americans need to learn to differentiate between the vehicle and the driver. The democratic party will not affect change until the vast majority of it's sitting members are primaried.

No need to fix an election when the rich own all the horses in the race.

[–] 0tan0d@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It would be nice if people under 50 showed up to the primary. Most incumbent wins are just old people using name recognition to "not rock the boat".

[–] nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org 2 points 53 minutes ago

Sorry, everybody under 50 has to work at the capitalism on Tuesdays.

We're technically 'allowed to leave', but will fall behind on rent immediately. All three sick days have been used up.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 57 minutes ago

Wealth taxation may be an important men's to an end, but in our discourse we need to emphasize more what benefits would be planned for the tax revenue.

Reducing the wealth of greedy assholes is nice, but by itself only gets so far.