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‘This is oligarchy’: Nearly 100 billionaires are funding Susan Collins’ reelection bid
(www.commondreams.org)
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It would be nice to have a post-conflict plan TBH. But yeah, whatever the plan, that would be step 1
post conflict plan is socialist reconstruction & infrastructure but most liberals aren’t ready to accept that yet, they’d rather have oligarchy because it means they won’t have to give up their gentrified apartment
Honestly, I think the 2nd biggest reason for the opposition to socialism, is change. People don't like breaking habit, even if it is extremely bad for them. Better the demon you know, than a angel you don't.
No, you see, when I'm in charge, everything will be peachy! It's the other oligarchs that are the problem.
It's socialism or barbarism but they got you thinking they are the same things
They got you thinking it would be socialism.
Seems like a short sighted plan. Not much changed after what happened to the CEO of UHC insurance.
Maybe not long term, but there was a noticeable uptick in claims being approved from what I recall. Whether you think Luigi was right or wrong, it's hard to deny people are alive today because of him.
It directly resulted in thousands of claims being granted that would otherwise have been denied, literally saving thousands of lives. It got my dad's heart surgery approved.
It's cute you think the problem can be solved by wiping them out. You're either naive or ignorant to the way things work. Either way I don't want to be a part of this conversation anymore so I'll just stop completely with my noise.
a solution without wiping them out won't solve the problem.
I call it the house cleaning fallacy. "Cleaning the house doesn't solve the problem of things getting dirty"
Exactly. I feel like a lot of the people who are not in agreement with me on this issue are being short sited and impractical.