There’s also that despite being batshit crazy, she did push for a bill to both stop weapons from going to Isreal, and to release the Epstein files. She at least occasionally did something we agreed with, even if for the wrong reasons. She will likely just be replaced with some dipshit who won’t rock the fascist boat. She was proving to be an occasionally useful idiot and will just be replaced by an idiot.
You’re right, I’m just wasting my time in a really dumb losing battle.
Yes, under a dictatorship, it’s literally happened before. Are you being serious or is this supposed to be some sort of gotcha where you go “socialism can’t exist without democracy so the label is pedantic”?
Socialism under one party governments have happened, that is not democracy, even if democratic elements exist within. You can’t have democracy under one party, the people need the ability to form an opposition party if the need arises.
Democratic socialism just means you believe in democratically governed socialism, not that you think you can just vote capitalism into socialism. There’s both reformist and revolutionary democratic socialists. I both believe in democracy and also see that the only way to overturn capitalism (at least in the US) would be through revolution. All the democratic part means is that they’re opposed to monarchies or dictatorships.
Exactly, the goal is to make it so everyone has that much accumulated wealth by the time they retire. We have enough so that everyone can live somewhat comfortably. People who critize socialists like Hasan for being rich are dumb. Being a socialist doesn’t mean you can’t be successful, it means you want everyone to have that level of comfort and security. If they were billionaires they might have a point, but I won’t say someone’s a hypocrite for being a socialist with a few million in the bank.
It’s also why I laugh when Conservatives talk about “The Hollywood Liberal Elite”. The real ruling class are the giant corporate executives and old money. Most actors are closer to working class than that. I also think public figures like actors, musicians, athletes, etc. should be paid a bit more than the average person, being under constant public scrutiny genuinely is stressful. The gap between them and us just needs to be closed a bit with the actual ruling class’ money.
Oh okay lol. I’m also good at interviewing, just can’t stand working for dumbass conservatives, or even liberals honestly at this point lol.
I’ve just been completely radicalized against capitalism after the last few years. I would have moved anywhere for something even remotely socialist minded with decent pay, no true way to fucking escape capitalism by design though.
Where and how can I apply? So fucking sick of working for these capitalist dipshits.
I can’t remember why but I didn’t go to school that day. I remember finding out because I was arguing with my brother about what movie to watch, then complaining to my mom, and her freaking out going “You’re complaing about this when there’s a national crisis going on?!”
To be fair, those laws could likely also be leveraged to put pro-palestinian groups in jail as “antisemities”. The ADL in America already smears people as such. There should just be restrictions on denying recognized genocides, because those people are typically the fascists who want another one.
If it was possible for her to be replaced by someone progressive you’d have a point. I don’t think it is though. I don’t want a potentially competent fascist replacing her. She probably did more harm to her party by sticking around, even just by going completely mask off to show other people how fucking crazy the conservatives are.
Yes in an ideal world you’re right, but we’re so far gone from that point that I would likely rather have her than whoever will replace her.