• Destide@feddit.uk
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    7 hours ago

    Funny how the majority only seem to give him attention when they’re scared, rather than having the likes of Sanders be the example. But hey at least life is like a reality show

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    9 hours ago

    This is like when they used ‘slammed’ to mean ‘disagreed’ but by ‘paralyzed’ they mean ‘complicit’

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      Complicit inasmuch as them wrongly assuming that simply sitting by and letting it all burn is going to mean an easy and assured midterm victory.

      You can’t win an election when there’s no country left.

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        I don’t think that’s deep enough. I think they’re on the same payroll as Trump’s team.

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          Pepsi and Coke aren’t on the same payroll, but they do a lot to convince you that there’s only two options, and the other one is trash that will ruin your life.

          It’s in the interest of both to shape your thoughts into believing that it’s either-or, because on a world of limitless free choice, no one would rational pick either of them at all. Limiting competition into a semi-collusive self-reinforcing duopoly is illegal when both sides sell things. When they sell ideas, it’s not illegal.

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            Broken analogy.

            Coke is here saying that only people like Coke. Pepsi sitting around their thumb up their ass going I got nothin’

            The vast majority of our government is currently not trying to stop this, even the people that are supposed to be in the other side are basically doing nothing.

            You can’t belittle this by calling it the cola wars. I’m pretty sure we’re good and boned on both sides based on their actions.

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    we desperately need a workers party in this country. Bernie can’t do it alone though. what can we do?

    when will people snap and say '“enough is enough, we refuse to be poor and exploited”. when will we empower a cross racial coalition the likes of which King and Hampton were murdered to prevent?

    i just hope to see it in my lifetime… but i have my doubts.

    the future is looking bloodier by the minute.

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      We have a few options at our disposal:

      1. Joining and organizing within your local community to create connections with others is incredibly powerful, will make the coming months much more bearable, and lay the ground work for effective resistance.
      2. We can still effect things drastically with a general strike. This massively impacts their income streams, and can bring the country to its knees if done on a large enough scale.
      3. Join the IWW and attempt to unionize your workplace, so that the general strike is even more effective.

      If we put in the work, we can resist this and we can win. Don’t become paralyzed with doubt and fear, march on and push as much you can. Together we’re strong, separated we are weak. So join up with allies while we still can easily!

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      when will people snap and say '“enough is enough, we refuse to be poor and exploited”

      When they no longer have their bread and circuses. Or, in the modern day, McDonald’s and Netflix.

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      2 party system has to be broken!

      The issue is, if you were to lead a 3rd party you would probably share the votes with the dems, since the coward fucks too would desperately cling to power leading to the losing the election for both parties…