1/ Countries much wiser than ours play the long game, not only planning for the future 20 & 30 years from now but also looking at the horizon to see dangers lurking ahead and working to prevent them.
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2/Ours has not worked that way for a long time, because our guiding principle has been short term corporate profits rather them long-term societal health and well-being. Problems arise and we are merely reactive, which in many cases is the opposite of being “response-able.”
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3/That’s why we need to get $ out of politics; only then will we be able to change our guidance system from whatever serves unfettered capitalism to whatever serves people and planet. Money should not be the deciding factor in tending to our planet, our democracy or our people.

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4/ Not only w/ infectious diseases but also w/ nuclear power & the environment, death has been staring us in the face for a long time. We need to proactively wage peace, we need WW2-level mass mobilization to deal w/ climate change, and we need to front end resources to our kids.
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also ABOLISH the senate
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#GeneralStrike2020
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Repeal Citizens United
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We will NEVER get money out of politics. It’s impossible because 5 of the richest families in the world run this shit
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3/ does exist in Belgium. Political campaigning is shockingly different: (1) No political ads on TV. Ahhhh.. (2) Politicians cannot accept any $ from companies, PACs, or trade unions. (3) Regular citizens are limited to 120EUR per election cycle.
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There’s an interesting plan on the progressive web tools builder Slack, for a direct democracy, doesn’t require them to change the rules, and sneaking in thru the house.. So it breaks to 435, races. Allowing all voters to vote before the house takes a vote on legislation
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How are you going to eat? How will you live without money?