leftytighty @ leftytighty @slrpnk.net

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A general strike would stop project 2025 in its tracks

While true, I understand why some people choose not to vote or vote third-party. It's like the trolley problem, and genocide is a pretty damn good thing to care about, especially when it's people you identify with getting genocided.

My point was that if liberals joined the left in direct action even outside of elections then our choices would be better in the first place. Voting is the least you can do, and for most rabid Lemmy liberals that go around punching left constantly it's THE ONLY THING they do.

If they joined the left, we'd all be punching back together. Instead they say "it's just a little genocide, the other guy is worse, just hold your nose and vote instead of protesting and taking direct political action so we can all go back to doing nothing for 4 more years. You are the problem for being politically engaged out of the voting booth."

The smug liberal leans back in his chair.

"That will show them for not voting properly. If only they had voted. I did my one and only civic duty of voting, and it was for the less bad candidate. They're too busy marching and protesting and organizing to see that the only thing we can all do is vote. If only they voted properly."

frankly man, if you need someone to talk to whatever I'm here. you seem like you're in some pain

This is part of the collapse of American soft power around the world.

I mean sure we can roll over and die too, future generations won't look as kindly on that though

That's why organization matters, it has to be big and it has to be sudden. "Importing" labor isn't immediate.

More likely they'll use back to work legislation and deploy the police, but then they'll remember why we have labor protections.

If they're going to tear up the social contract and take everything away from us then they'll see violence.

These laws exist because workers fought actual battles. Actual battles, domestically. If it must happen again it will.

I checked your post history and it's funny how spot on my assessment was lol.

Sounds like it's too late though, oh well

can't imagine a life outside of console wars huh?

take the advice or leave it, just trying to prevent future incel man-children mad at the world

hey man as you get older you should consider rounding out your personality with things that actually matter. personality based on which corporations you support over others isn't going to be appealing to prospective friends and partners.

By its nature it'll vary in each community, political parties are always a safe bet, most areas will have socialists or communists and whether or not you identify as one of those they'll likely have resources for labor organizations in the area. I'm not suggesting that everyone has to be a leftist, but just that leftists have been doing this work for decades and tend to organize.

The IWW union is an international union that provides support to people looking to organize their workplaces.

On the topic of unions, I'm sure most unions in your city would be willing to help answer your questions and give you guidance. They might have websites where you can reach out to ask for advice.

Your city's pride parade or other socially conscious events like demonstrations will also see participation from these kinds of groups. It can be a good way to see what groups are operating in your city. For example your city might still have student protest encampments for Palestine on university campuses. Unions and political groups go to these and put material up at these.

Do that Google search! Looking for leftist, socialist, communist, anarchist, or labour unions based on trade in your city is actually not a bad way to get started.

I'm new to direct action myself and others might have better suggestions.

It's ok to start small, like a community garden even. These are all part of a broader network that you'll have exposure to once you are looking.

The dominant forces in the Democratic party are more likely to abandon trans people than to shift left.

A big part of the problem is that Democrat supporters are overwhelmingly politically inactive. Instead of shushing anti-genocide voices, climate protestors, etc. they should be joining and amplifying those voices not just around election time but always, constantly.

The DNC will always fast-track a centrist candidate and suppress progressive candidates if there's no political pressure outside of election time. They get their money from the same people that the Republicans do.

"Vote blue no matter who" and voting as the only political action guarantee the ratchet effect.

Celebrities aside they were parading Cheney and Bush around... These were the "vote blue no matter who" enemies of 20 years ago. Who wants to vote for a party that'll brag about Barron Trump's endorsement in 20 more years?

You can't run on not being your opponent. You can't fight a status quo disruptive candidate from the far right with bland centrist positions. People wanted change, only one party offered change.

Yes people are dumb, yes their faces will be eaten, yes to all of those things. But Democrats still lost. Trump didn't win, Harris lost.

Now they'll go even more right and wonder why nobody is excited to get out to vote.

The right wing already had a good candidate. Where's the left wing candidate?

Man, if they invented a way to grab a pint together anonymously online I'd be glad to talk each other's ears off about how misinformed the average person is about the economic and political functions of our society.

I think it's a little harsh to say this is only true of right wingers, but I've said much worse depending how spicy I'm feeling on any given day.

If more people really understood what terms like capitalism, communism, socialism, and liberalism meant we could have more meaningful political debate across ideological boundaries when it comes to electing our government.

I don't blame individuals, though, it's hard to ask someone to learn these things when everyone is just taking life day by day and trying to survive. Ironically this alienation is part of Marxist theory and the people that would most benefit from class consciousness are the ones that have the highest pressures keeping them heads down.

That's how politics turns into an emotional debate with teams and colors and brands.

I think the left needs to embrace it moreso, people want to see their feelings reflected in their leaders, and Conservatives excel at this theatre.

Making immigration less attractive by turning them into second class citizens when we rely on immigration for economic growth is one thing. I can meet you in the middle on corporate ownership.

I'm a leftist so I'm more inclined to say housing is a human right and we shouldn't be allowing the market to handle it.

Thanks for elaborating. I don't see the connection between doing this and not doing that (two things can be good) but at least you're criticising the Feds for things that are within their power unlike most people.

So what are you going to do about it America?

It seems like everyone is waiting for another chance to vote. Voting isn't the only political action.

If you want to prevent this agenda you still have options. I don't just mean protests and riots, but organized labor.

A general strike would cripple them. Start organizing your workplaces, join unions, join community groups. The time for voting is over the time for direct action is now. You don't have to wait until the whole project is implemented, you don't have to wait for a disappointing Democratic candidate to gaslight you in 2028. Take action now, join a movement now. The more you do now the better off you'll be in the future.

Health care is a provincial service and the federal government can't directly pay nurses more.

I understand the point you're trying to make, but the federal government has certain powers and this is working within the confines of those powers.

Even attempting to do something like forcing provinces to implement a climate change plan are met with extreme resistance. You should take up these issues with your provincial government.

Conveniently, that government blames the federal government and keeps asking for more money that it misallocates or just sits upon, at least this is true of Ontario.

Reducing sales tax (which is a regressive tax) on more things is a good thing, but stability in the money supply should be kept by collecting taxes elsewhere. The NDP plan where this same thing was proposed was a permanent sales tax break on these essentials AS WELL AS a corporate windfall tax in the model of what's done in Europe and has historically been done in Canada as well.

Like usual, the best Liberal policies are bastardized versions of NDP policies.

It's not like this money is sitting in a bank account. Government finances don't work like your budget, it's not a matter of tax income going to a chequing account and him eTransfering Canadians money.

The government decides where new money is allocated and takes money out of the money supply through taxation. When it comes to circulation, the government can also incentivize saving or spending by giving tax breaks or levying new taxes.

The Bank of Canada also influences peoples' spending, borrowing, and saving decisions by controlling interest rates.

The government could decide to implement UBI tomorrow and they wouldn't have to hold a bake sale, they'd just have to raise taxes elsewhere (or reduce the amount of money entering the economy through the banking system) to control the inflationary pressure that would add to the economy.

with what powers the Federal government has, what would you have preferred to see?

In fairness this is something the NDP recently proposed (as a permanent change, offset by corporate windfall taxes). It sits somewhere between bribe and Lib-washed progressive policy.