US PoliEra 2020 |OT 1| THE ANTI BENGHAZI (Read Staff Post)
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Klobuchar's staffers all agree she's got a knack for tacking to the center...
... and the back, and the shoulders
She's such a great candidate and these people are gonna miss out on her because they only have eyes for Bernie. Fucking sucks.
It's disgusting. It's 2016 all over again, and Bernie is complicit in it now, just as he was then.
Curious how The Most Logical and Efficient System for Resource Allocation continually gets worse and worse at allocating resources.
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The argument is that there's more wealth in the world overall, so even if there's massively more inequality the vast majority of people are still better off, and this is kind of true aside from the coming climate crash.
Bernie needed to take his army of followers, backed Warren, and made sure at least one or so Dem-Socs ran in each state.
If he wants his movement to have lasting effect then it shouldn't solely rise on the presidency.
Do like the tea party and get candidates at every level of government in this country, then get your guy in the White House.
If he wants his movement to have lasting effect then it shouldn't solely rise on the presidency.
Do like the tea party and get candidates at every level of government in this country, then get your guy in the White House.
I don't think capitalism is meant to care about the individuals in the system so much as the system in its entirety...?
Well, here's the counterpoint. A story I have heard repeats of, even personally.
It's actually kind of well known that "bullshit" basically means anything that he doesn't want to talk about at a given time/his standard stump speech points, based on press pool accounts.
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To be fair, that system had better marginal tax rates before Regan came in and said "Haha rich need more".
Not saying regulated Capitalism is perfect and socialism a lie but what we've got now...aint it chief.
It isn't an every state game yet, but I believe both Ilhan Omar and AOC are on record as being at least in part inspired by Sanders in their decision to run. On top of that, his campaign has a large grassroots following and polls miraculously well with young voters that are underrepresented in politics, so he certainly appears further along on building political momentum beyond his presidential bid than the other candidates. He's campaigned since the last election on an effective presidency requiring a politically activated populace that won't just check out once their candidate is in the Oval. So I can't take very seriously a post that implies this isn't already known, especially with the implication that other candidates wouldn't need similar ongoing post election activist support from the people in order to push helpful legislation.
A system that concentrates wealth and means towards individuals. But generally, I don't worry what capitalism "cares" about, I worry about what it's doing.
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The flaw here is Capitalism only works with "infinite" growth.
We can't do that if we all die.
that's just fantasy tho, and the point of a representative democracy is to vote people In with responding beliefs as the electorate so that people dont have to march everytime there's a bill up on the house floor.
i just feel like the movement seems to be 80 percent about Bernie and 20 percent about progressive ideas.
Yeh but like... Socialism kind of... just... doesn't work. Lol.
I know, no true socialism.
The best we have are heavily regulated and redistributive capitalist economies with strong social safety nets.
it's just as much socialism as capitalism
also there are no true capitalist countries technically either
To be fair, that system had better marginal tax rates before Regan came in and said "Haha rich need more".
Not saying regulated Capitalism is perfect and socialism a lie but what we've got now...aint it chief.
I really want to see what this looks like here in Belgium now because we have no capital gains tax at all (which is fantastic if you dump all spare change in the markets).
Thankfully they're probably going to reform taxation so taxes on income are lowered while capital gains taxes are implemented because a 40-45% marginal tax rate even on incomes under €35k sucks.
It's called Social Democracy. There's no need to brand it as socialism when that's the actual name for it.
Do you think that distinction is gonna matter in 6 months when the GOP, their billionaires, their useful idiots online, their news network and their foreign help starts attacking Bernie with it?
This is also just fantasy. We're supposed to have a representative democracy, but it's clear we do not. People today have to march for a higher minimum wage, paid time off, and implementing a course of action that won't make our planet uninhabitable over hundreds of years. In the past, people had to be politically active for us to get weekends, women's suffrage, integrated schools... I do not worry about the "point" of our political system, I worry about what it does.
You are free to feel whatever you like.
Iowans must be TIRED of this caucus
If the conversations are anything like what we're seeing online it'll probably be a net negative, lbr.
I don't understand what you're arguing.
I think it does matter whether the Democrats openly identify themselves as socialist vs. the GOP trying to brand someone like Biden or Buttigieg as a socialist. If we own it, we have no credibility to defend against their attacks, especially since no one (even Bernie) is actually advocating for socialism but rather Social Democracy. Labels/brands matter.
problem is we need people to actually vote
Not to march
To vote.
not if thecandidate is perfect, but all the time To vote. The more blue there is in politics and the more spread out the better
It's a Branding issue.
why the Wii U was thought of as an accessory for the Wii.
that's why I like warrens strategy of just calling it capitalism. (And Then regulating it)
Nobody asked but I'm not a believer in class intersectionality given that here in Europe we're seeing the same issue as in the US. Here the WWC is also fleeing to the far-right while the traditional and "new" left is home to both minority groups and urban liberals.
At least here the far-right is promising them handouts *and* racism.
Hong Kong is probably the closest thing and... yeah. Great if you're rich!
At least here the far-right is promising them handouts *and* racism.
Hong Kong is probably the closest thing and... yeah. Great if you're rich!
I think we agree.
Good night!
I hate how vivid and intense my (bad) dreams are when I take melatonin
Weird dreams are my fear of sleep aids.
Nyquil did lotta weird shit and I fear Melatonin would go even further beyond.
Nyquil did lotta weird shit and I fear Melatonin would go even further beyond.
IIRC the personal tax rate is like 8%? Wonder where they're getting the money from, financial transaction taxes?
I'm sure your message that people just have to get out and vote made women very confident as they fought for the right to vote. There are still disenfranchised people today, and there are still people with issues in their lives that cannot wait for a majority or even plurality of the public to vote their way, or vote in politicians who happen to already support that particular issue. People need to vote. But people need to march too. There will never be a time when political activism beyond voting is not important.
He only won due to an insane fluke though. The needle he had to thread was so incredibly small that it took a series of insane events to get him to 270.
i haven't had any issues with melatonin, especially compared to NyQuil/ZZZQuil/other Diphendydramine Containing Bullshit, which gives me nightmares. but then i also have like hypnagogic hallucinations fairly routinely so it's like maybe my experience is not universal
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