Until we're willing to name the darkness, we won't see the light. Until we're willing to see authoritarian corporatism as economic tyranny, we will continue to be at the effect of it. And until we're willing to call an oligarchy an oligarchy, our democracy will be imperiled.
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its called capitalism. you have a problem with capitalism
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No I don’t. The problem is that modern American capitalism has deviated from its ethical center, given by govt. over the last 40 years too much permission to place bottom line for stockholders before concern for all stakeholders. It needs to course-correct.
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but that's what capitalism does. so long as the means of production are privately owned, and the profit motive allows individuals to accumulate vast fortunes, they will use that money to buy politicians and change the laws to their liking
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Throughout our history we have pushed back against overreach by unfettered capitalism. Child labor laws, unions, anti-trust laws etc. We can have means of production privately owned yet still have proper regulations and taxation to allow for economic justice.
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how can you say that when the new deal has been systematically dismantled for decades, unions have been ground to dust, and the gig economy has led to a new digital serfdom? capitalism cannot be tamed, it must be slain
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I don’t disagree with your analysis of the problem; I simply disagree with your prescription for the solution. Protections were dismantled, yes, but they can be put back. It won’t happen quickly given that authoritarian corporatism has its tentacles everywhere, but we can begin.
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the new deal was done with massive pressure from unions and socialists, amid the worst economic disaster in american history. we will need to go through another huge crash to reach that point again. and for a half-measure? no, reform is doomed. we need revolution
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Replying to @MCSerf
Yes we do, but it needs to be a non-violent political revolution. A revolution of higher consciousness. A revolution of activation and activism. A revolution at the polls. A revolution of love.

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Replying to @marwilliamson
sorry, but the subhuman parasites who are sucking the blood from the working class have shown time and time again that they will not be politely talked into going away. we're gonna have to bust out the guillotines. i ain't saying we gotta use 'em, but the threat needs to be there
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That’s where you lost me. “The end is inherent in the means.” - Mahatma Gandhi
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Replying to @marwilliamson @MCSerf
Shame non-violent revolutions always get crushed by the fascists, but at least you'll be able to tell yourself you were being nice as you're dying of hunger in prison.
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The two most powerful political revolutions of the 20th century were Mahatma Gandhi’s Indian Independence Movement and Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights movement. Both were non-violent. Nonviolence is not less powerful; it is MORE powerful.
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