Could (europe.pub)
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[purple, speaking]
We could fix everything

[purple, proudly]
It'd be easy actually, we have most of the political power

[purple, smug]
But we won't

[zoom on purple's face, smiling creepily at us]

https://thebad.website/comic/could

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[–] 11 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

This implies they recognise what is wrong which is not true.

The problems are their GOALS. Also they wouldn’t be in power if they didn’t share this view.

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    Campaign finance legalizes bribery and enables foreign nation states such as Israel to completely own American politicians - it must be dramatically reformed. While we’re at it, the insider trading congress gets to gorge themselves on must be stopped.

    2 party system gives the illusion of choice but is actually used by the owner class to divide and conquer. Get rid of FPTP, abolish the electoral college, and make ranked choice voting a national standard states must abide by in order to enable actual representation of real American citizens.

    SCOTUS is heavily compromised by partisan hacks. Either recall them all, or restructure the court and add at least 5 more justices.

    Corpos have way too much power. Bring back the CFPB, give it teeth, and massively regulate them. We are asked to sacrifice our health and livelihoods for corporate greed, and it is wrong. Make this easier by eradicating monopolies - bring back FTC trust busting in a big way, and start with that prick Larry Ellison’s media empire.

    Add competency tests, age limits, and term limits - for all federal offices.

    Tax reform in a massive way. Right now it’s totally regressive and upside down - sin taxes, income tax on the bottom 50%, and property taxes pay for almost everything. Turn this upside right - tax the richest among us at significantly higher rates. That goes for corpos too. It should be graduated in a way that makes it impossible to become a trillionaire, and virtually impossible to become a billionaire. The richest among us will still have hundreds of millions - they’ll be fine. The rest of us can then finally begin to rightfully enjoy the fruits of our labor as we begin to close the gap between worker pay and productivity which have diverged increasingly since 1971.

    There is so much more wrong that we need to address, such as universal healthcare, affordable housing, eradicating the prison state, environmental protections and work to reverse climate change. However, the above would go a very long way to restoring proper representation and putting the people back in charge of our alleged democracy.

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