• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Funny how going the opposite way (super high to super low taxes for the rich) didn’t require violence or authoritarians in power…

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      2 months ago

      It does actually. The status quo is maintained by authoritarians utilizing the state to enact violence against the working class.

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      Yeah, it’s deeply frustrating, something that took years to build can be torn down in a day. Centrists can be annoying sometimes. This is why we need to convince people to support progressive policies though. Grassroots has always been our strength, one voter at a time. This makes it very important to deliver them something, even if its imperfect, to reward their support when we do manage to win.

      Republicans realized this, and it is why they obstruct anything that improves life for everyday people at every opportunity, and then redirect anger towards culture war issues. We can’t let that strategy continue to succeed, we have to deliver progress. At least something.