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I’m going to make a Prophecy and I hope I’m wrong. It is that the Democrats will take power, will win both houses and will not do any of the following: they will not raise the tax rates on billionaires, they will not cut back Trump‘s tax breaks for billionaires, they will not pull the department of justice out of the executive branch, They will not raise the minimum wage, they will not pass universal healthcare,. I say this because the Democratic Party as it’s presently constituted Is basically the corporate party. They represent the kind of order and PLANNING that the corporate sector likes. But it is the corporate sector they serve, and all of their decisions have to be made according to the laws of business that serve the corporate sector. And the reason that this is the case and is not the case in the Western Europeans and Scandinavian Parliament is because we have not protected our political system from the power of money. And until we begin Insisting on full federal funding of elections, no private contributions, no corporate contributions, (because after all our corporation only exists to make profits for its shareholders), Until we insist on universal voting of legal inhabitants, and begin leading a week to get voting done so that it’s easy, we will never create a system where legislators can vote their consciences and their best thoughts without having to compromise with the interest of money. So I don’t want to be a bummer, but I’m 84 years old and I’ve been involved with politics Since I was 14. And I’ve watched the same seesaw back-and-forth between the Republicans and the Democrats, the handwringing, the prayers are with you – it’s 2026 and there’s still not a law against lynching. When are people going to wake up that unregulated capitalism or neoliberalism is not a system that creates a stable culture, healthy work, good healthcare. We need to be asking for what we want and we keep asking for charismatic figures instead of policies that really puts citizens first. . I hope I’m wrong.

Mar 18
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8:09 PM
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