• BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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    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.

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      8 hours ago

      forced nihilism amongst the youth

      As they say, idle hands spend time at the genitals!

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      Even in Canada they are they trying to enact patriot act style legislation to appease American companies… and there is not now, nor has there ever been, a terrorist justification for it.

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      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.

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      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.

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        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”.

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          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.