• pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM
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    2 months ago

    Please explain what you’re proposing. Are you saying to get rid of democracy or what?

    How about we tax the rich so there are no billionaires, take the corporations out of housing and rentals and fix our gerrymandering? These would go a long way to fix the problems.

    • Fridam@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      Can you please explain your line of thinking here? This person purpose more drastic measures than just taxing, and you jump on them being against democracy. How is democracy = some people being ultra rich?

      Like, for me, democracy means people decide how the society is ruled, so Im excited to hear how changing the system to get rid of disparity is the same as abolishing democracy

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          2 months ago

          Look around, there’s States with a somewhat working mix of capital and social. Take that as a minimum, while some of them already talk about universal basic income.

          Some historical presidents and judges literally sold you out. That’s not democracy, you’re a plutocracy.

    • J Lou@mastodon.social
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      2 months ago

      It seems to me that they’re hinting at abolishing capitalism.

      One way to do that would be to

      1. Mandate worker coop structure on all businesses

      2. Institute a 100% land value tax

      Taxing the rich doesn’t really solve the root of the problem. Abolishing capitalism pre-distributes wealth so that people don’t become billionaires in the first place. 100% land value tax encourages efficient use of land.

      @whitepeopletwitter