• umbrella
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    8 months ago

    wealth redistribution can be implemented in capitalism.

    we have been trying everywhere for decades, and inequality is only getting worse. it really can’t.

    voting is doing almost nothing if you really examine the policies put by most politicians, even most of the ones claiming to be progressive.

    thats because we can only go so far within capitalism, and changing the players of the game will not do much while the game itself has glaring flaws.

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      8 months ago

      progress isnt a continous upward climb in the short term. In the 90s crime shot up and no gay marriage soooo. We can definitely go farther with capitalism like with higher taxes on the rich, minimum base income, etc. Voting does matter, if you dont vote you have no leverage over those who speak for you.

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        8 months ago

        no point of going farther with oppression, when we obviously reached its limits. shit, we are headed towards hell on earth because capitalism cannot deal with that.

        you want to vote then go vote, and invariably when they do jack shit, wait 4 more years.

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          How has it reached its limit? I just gave two examples of ways it can improve. Voting for the president is not the only thing you can do. You can canvas for politicians or issues you believe in and vote in other levels of the government. I don’t get the sentiment of voting doesnt matter so we wont vote. Its a self fulfilling prophecy. We are not heading to hell on earth because there are a lot of people more informed than either of us working on solving all different kinds of issues. I dont understand blaming capitalism for everything. It completely hand waives the nuance of situations and how we can realistically improve them.