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I'd rather fight alongside republicans and democrats to make sure everyone lives in dignity and isn't ground into dust by the gears of capitalism rather than pushing more red vs blue rhetoric. Fuck the politicians that put the south in the position it's in today.
The problem is both parties are in favor of grinding people into dust to keep the gears of capitalism going, so if anything they're more likely to team up for the opposite reason.
Right, I should've been more clear. I think there's a major disconnect between what the politicians want and what people want, but I think I was referring to the people when I said republicans and democrats in my previous message since so many people identify with either group for one reason or another. Not good phrasing on my part. It probably would've been easier to not use labels at all, but the main topic was about red v blue, so I stayed within that idea.
I also kinda need the hope of everyone getting sick of the late stage capitalism we live in and working together to fix it somehow. It's a lot harder to imagine that becoming a reality if it's only a handful of people going against everyone who calls themselves democrats or republicans.
Easy there or you gonna be called a tankie.
i'd rather call it "unregulated capitalism". because it seems to work pretty goddamn well in most european countries, and they regulate to what extent you can exploit your workers. unions are a good thing for everyone.
America's capitalism is very well regulated. Its just a matter of regulated by and for whom.
That goes well for them because they exploit the global south.
The main criminals in Amazon forest are Norwegians and Canadians companies.
Capitalism is only good for them. The rest of the world is fucked because of it.
welp, time for the governments to have a few words and actually stop deforestation.