Sauerkraut

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Technically true, but our system serves money over the common good which allows Putin and Israel to put our politicians in their pocket through bribes, donations and lobbying.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (82 children)

We want to vote for zero genocide, but our broken two party system has become a horrific trolley problem where the only choices given to us are full genocide and half genocide. So I will vote for half genocide because the trolley will default to full genocide if we don't.

Seriously, this is a trolley problem. You have the entire Palestinian population on the track (Trump), but you can pull a switch to move the trolley to only kill half as many (Harris). It sucks and I will never forgive our broken system for forcing me to make such a choice, but until we replace our corrupt system with something better we have to minimize harm in every way we can.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You're not wrong, but people who are voting against fascism are also not wrong. There are pros and cons to each.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Are we really a beneficiary? All the economic gains seem to only be realized at the top because the owner class has perfected the art of paying us the absolute minimum we need to survive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I often think everyone should be an organ donor by default and have to opt out rather than opt in, but Jesus, stories like this make me reconsider.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sort of like how it is illegal for companies to fire or mistreat workers for trying to unionize?

The uncomfortable truth is that our laws protect the rich (including their companies), but rarely bind them and bind workers, but rarely protect us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The mentality that the future is always someone else's problem is proving to be the biggest weakness of capitalism and our species.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Publically traded companies only exist because capitalists willed it so. Capitalism will always seek the path to greatest profits for the capitalist class with little to no regard for the consequences of that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not at all. It's necessary to protect your own industry.

But mostly the tariffs are there to protect the capitalist class. When globalism hurts workers and offshores our jobs our politicians do nothing, but when profits are threatened they act swiftly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The US only have right wing parties. Neolib dems and fascist Repubs are both right wing parties.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Okay, 10 years of prison, he loses his license forever and he has to do community service for the rest of his life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

just like FDR's Social Democracy eroded over time.

Unlike Lenin's communism which was immune to capitalist propaganda and still exists today.

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