• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    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.

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          Yea we keep making random national holidays on every day but voting day. Its crazy how we can just add a banking holiday when ever, but chose not to do November 5th

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            Louder for DC ig.

            Maybe we just write the bills and invent semi convincing press releases for them now as ratification.

            Turning it over a few ways… How would that be for a all in general strike day? pro and con. Mostly pro?

            I mean the big problem is always actually The Bills, The Job, The Kids/Dependants, getting there. (and i.d. if you can’t afford to rent an address).

            (edit, add last paragraph)

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              general strike/bbq holiday until it becomes national?

              The more I live to think on it, the more I think tailgating(sport potluck in farm machinery) may be the missing piece of the modern american strike in mainstream thought.

              relatable mobile potluck.

              It’s absolutely there on the ground in left protest culture. I mean, any protest big enough or long enough eventually has real anarchists doing their classic number of show up to feed everyone, with alergy and creed options, usually.

              Personally I can stand some YeeHaw if everybody gets equity.