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olivebranch 38 points 3 years ago

If they could, they would. Laws aren't passed because it makes sense, but because they benefit the rich.

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olivebranch 34 points 3 years ago

Teachers are very educated and yet have very low wages. The problem is not that workers are not skilled enough, it is that system isn't giving them their fair share. All the profit goes to the rich, while poor are getting poorer.

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olivebranch 23 points 3 years ago

If company can't pay it's workers a living wage, that company shouldn't exist.

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olivebranch 20 points 3 years ago

Another right-wing bill that gives the rich power over poor, disguised as left-wing bill. All politicians in power are rich, which is why they always push for right-wing politics, democrat or republican, always end up against the working class. There is a good video about this.

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olivebranch 20 points 3 years ago

How is he a terrorist? He didn't hurt or threaten anyone? He sacrificed himself to bring attention to suffering of innocent people. He is a hero.

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olivebranch 14 points 3 years ago

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olivebranch 14 points 3 years ago

It is however easier to explain to people that those in power do not have popular support if there are less people that voted for them. I am not saying it is a good idea, but I am trying to say that this goes both ways. As some user previously said, voting for lesser of two evils and voting for absolute support is also indistinguishable.

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olivebranch 10 points 3 years ago

Trump is literarlly elected because Hilary's campaign elevated him in their piped piper strategy to make Republiacan candidate more extreme so more people vote for her. https://www.salon.com/...

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olivebranch 10 points 3 years ago

And should be given welfare check.

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olivebranch 9 points 3 years ago

Wait a minute, if we get rid of the Republican Party, wouldn't a two party system become a one party system? So if Trump is elected, end of democracy, if Republican party is destroyed, also end of democracy? Is there no way out? End of democracy either way?

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olivebranch 9 points 3 years ago

I think it is done to pressure the regular people to overthrow the government. Showing how important the issue is and how much he sacrificed himself just to motivate people, that everybody else can sacrifice far less by risking arrest overthrowing the government.

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olivebranch 8 points 3 years ago

Biden didn't invent the alliance to Israel, but when the conflict increased during his term he side-stepped congress to give weapons to them faster, so they can kill more civilians as quick as possible.

Don't excuse for what he has done. Biden is a war criminal. And having NATO, most powerful minitarly alliance in the World, threatened is no comparison to genocide in Gaza. NATO is a problem just as well, but Israel needs to be stopped ASAP.

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olivebranch 8 points 3 years ago

It will be all for nothing if the people don't unite in demanding that US stops supporting genocide and if they have to, go to the streets and stop this war crime by force.

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olivebranch 8 points 3 years ago

That sounds like an excuse for him. He is a drug addict, he doesn't really have a choice. First you get people of the streets, then you give them treatment for drugs. People in high stress situations are far more likely to get and stay addicted.

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olivebranch 7 points 3 years ago

UBI is very efficient. Efficient for the working class, not so much for the capitalists.

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olivebranch 7 points 3 years ago

Some people are still forced to work under the sun. But yeah, crack of a whips was worse. They are a bit nicer to slaves nowadays.

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olivebranch 6 points 3 years ago

I hope it changes what we do. If he is this brave, we can be a little braver in organizing a movement to stop our governments from supporting Israel, at any cost.

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olivebranch 6 points 3 years ago

they are rich because they own property other people depend own

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olivebranch 6 points 3 years ago

He cares for innocent people that are getting killed in this war. You don't need love for compassion, just basic human decency.

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olivebranch 5 points 3 years ago

To be honest, when you have half of the year filled with such long nights and it is generally cold, depression isn't really going to be as rare as in some more sunny countries.

As for the nazzis, yeah, there is a trend in that. I think many voters get racist because of capitalism gets them in difficult economic situation and they fear migrants will take their jobs. And migrants are there in the first place because their regions got destroyed by wars for oil and CIA funded terrorist groups and global warming. So both wars and global warming are due to oil companies .And both difficult economic situations of the citizens and prioritization of profit for oil companies are due to capitalism. So overall, this is simply how capitalism works. It is a feature, not a bug. Without getting rid of capitalism, we will never be able to solve these issues.

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