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Leftist organizer, nerd, atheist, stoner, board gamer, bi/pansexual, polyamorous, trans-inclusive feminist, antiracist. Free Palestine! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸💕 No DMs I will block
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I encourage everyone to watch John Oliver's piece on this, and I welcome conversation from anyone who actually takes the time to watch it and wants to discuss it in good faith. youtu.be/flSS1tjoxf0?... (3/3)
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We can continue to have good-faith conversations about how to include our trans community in sports in a safe and fair way. But that's not what these bans are doing - they are designed to exclude trans people, mostly trans kids, because their authors want trans people to not exist at all. (2/3)
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Yes, I do see a difference, that's why I voted Harris. It was a full-on dictator vs the shitty status quo. Democrats pretend to care about the people but they still support mass incarceration and deportations and genocide. Liberalism leads to fascism every time because it fails the people.
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Fascism is the merging of corporate power with state power. We've already been there for a while under both Dems and Reps.
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What do you mean by democracy? Do you mean maintaining a system where money = speech and people in rural areas are over-represented? Because that's what Dem electeds mean. If they actually cared about democracy they would abolish the senate and electoral college and get money out of politics.
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The two-party system is how we got here. Why should I be forced to vote for a party that doesn't represent me just because the other option is worse? We need to break the two party system with democratic reforms like proportional representation, ranked choice voting, and publicly funded elections.
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It's not 🤷♀️ I'm not denying that antisemitism really happens and it's not okay. But criticizing Israel's government isn't the same as being antisemitic. "Israel speaks for all Jews" is an awfully convenient line to take if you're Israel and you don't want any criticism.
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It's hard to fathom how the wealthy can behave the way they do. If I ever have more than I need it goes to helping other people.
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Found a graphic. It's normal for us to get a wavy polar vortex sometimes but global warming is making it more extreme.
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You probs know this but for anyone who doesn't: global warming IS causing this cold weather. Less ice at the poles weakens the polar vortex, an air current that keeps cold air contained. The cold air moves closer to the equator causing colder weather than we'd normally see in these places.
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Even though it's cold in FL, global warming is still the cause. Less ice at the poles weakens the polar vortex, the air current that keeps cold air contained to the poles. A weak polar vortex allows cold air to move closer to the equator. But that's too much science for these people.
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Yeah, I'm well aware she's not a leftist. I'm saying Democrats fight against leftism harder than they fight against fascism. Like when they circled the wagons against Bernie, or when leftists democratically took over the NV Dems and the establishment took all the money and created a shadow party.
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Democrat politicians would rather have fascists in power than leftists. Their interests are aligned with capitalism and they don't want to see it challenged.
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The wealthy and corporations donate just as much to Democrats as they do to Republicans. Both parties answer to the rich, not to the people. We need to break the two party system with democratic reforms like proportional representation, ranked choice voting, and publicly funded elections.
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But also, we will never fully reform our way out of oligarchy. Our real power is that when we don't work, capitalists don't make money. We need to be laying the groundwork for a revolution. That means labor organizing, mutual aid, community organizing. We're doing this at DSA. dsausa.org
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I believe if we want to get electoral power for the people we have to start at the local and state level. Come up through the ground like weeds. Support candidates who don't take corporate money. BE candidates who don't take corporate money. Local and state policies can make a big material impact.
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I'm really sorry to hear about your situation but unfortunately I can't help. I'm barely surviving myself.
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Community doesn't just happen here in the US, we have to build it. That's what organizing is, building community, building relationships.
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🎯
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I'm on rednote and people have been really nice and welcoming so far. Excellent cat videos.
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Hell yeah
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Lol yes I stalked your profile I needed to see him. I too have a sassy snuggle bug but he's a void
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Omg please can I see pics of oliver
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System system system. In conclusion, system.
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Here in Nevada we have a system for ballot measures. I hope we can propose a proportional representation system that will allow us to overcome the two party system.
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Okay, but we tried taking over the party from within in NV. We joined the State Central Committee in droves and democratically elected a slate of leftists to lead the party. The outgoing leaders took the $450k funds and made a shadow party to support their candidates. I don't think it's fixable.
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Do you think the Democratic Party can be reformed? I honestly think they're beyond repair because they continue to take corporate and AIPAC money so we need to overcome the two party system with democratic reforms like proportional representation, ranked choice voting, and publicly funded elections.
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For sure
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I think we should test it and find out. For science!
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I think it's been a class war for a long time, but it's the wealthy who have been waging it and the working class have not been fighting back in any real way. Hopefully that will change.
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Honestly it might be for the best. Painful but quick lol
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What helps me avoid despair is taking concrete action with others IRL. Mutual aid, labor organizing, community organizing. Find a local org that resonates with you. For me that is DSA, I believe we can change the world with a mass movement of the working class. dsausa.org/join
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Smells Like Teen Spirited Away
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Agree. Also Proportional Representation, where each party gets a % of seats in the legislative body according to the % of votes they received.
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Love it but please use alt text for accessibility.
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