Not much info at time of posting what prompted the man to do so

  • SparBrow@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Sure it sounds crazy, but goddamn have I been feeling like this whole country has been conned lately. Inflation keeps going up, we keep getting poorer, and the billionaires keep making record profits. Like what the actual fuck? This guy may not have gotten everything right, but the idea that we’ve been conned out of the America Dream by a kleptocracy (the billionaires) that actually rules this country and have been taught by media that we’re helpless in making any real change absolutely rings true.

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      8 months ago

      That’s the mission of the people who are trying to tear apart our democracy: make people think the whole system is broken and beyond repair.

      That’s where all these people arguing against voting for Biden and Democratic majorities are coming from. They don’t actually think the two parties are the same (or they wouldn’t if they were honest about them). But they sure as heck think America would be better if not everyone could participate in it’s governance.

      So it’s up to us to work on defending the democratic power we have and work on repairing and improving our democracy. That means completely redesigning the campaign finance system. That means expanding voting access. That means expanding the Article 3 courts from top to bottom. We need to fix our media. Break up monopolies and oligopolies. On and on.

      We can make our democracy better if we work together to fix it.

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        8 months ago

        We can make our democracy better if we work together to fix it.

        You can’t fix something you never had.