…it is not good enough just to be critical of Trump and his destructive policies.
(Thought that was a good addition from the article, left out of the subtitle.)
Here are just a few of the issues that must be addressed:
We must create a vibrant democracy by ending Citizens United and preventing billionaires from buying elections.
Whether the Democratic establishment likes it or not, we must guarantee healthcare as a human right through Medicare for All.
We must build millions of affordable homes and apartments and give our younger generation the opportunity to own a home of their own.
We must make public colleges, universities, trade schools and medical schools tuition-free and have the best childcare and public school system in the entire world.
We must expand social security and bring back traditional pension plans so that every senior in this country can retire with dignity.
We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage and guarantee every worker the right to join a union.
We must demand that the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations in America pay their fair share in taxes.
I think we have to start over. We aren’t one people anymore, nor is our society fit for a modern world. There is just too many structural issues in our politics and economy, that can’t be addressed by gentle reform anymore.
Once you’ve finished your starting over, would you reinstate Citizens United or abolish it?
Once you’ve started over, would you have free healthcare for all, or reinstate privatised insurance company-led doublepay healthcare?
Once you’ve started over, would you build millions of affordable homes, or are you planning on killing enough people that there’s a surplus already?
Once you’ve started over, would you charge for education or make it free?
Once you’ve started over, would you expand social security and reinstate traditional pensions, or reduce social security and continue to assume that everyone will be able to afford a good 401k?
Once you’ve started over, would you raise the minimum wage to an amount that people can realistically live on, or leave it so that corporations can underpay workers and leave social security to foot the bill instead or have starvation and homelessness as the warning to any prole stubborn enough to consider only working a single full time job?
Once you’ve started over, would you demand that the wealthiest people and three corporations pay their fair share of taxes, or would you allow all the tax avoidance schemes from before?
“Start over” is much, much, much emptier words that don’t have any hope of making anything better AT ALL than Bernie’s words.
If your only criticism of Bernie is that there just isn’t enough death and destruction for your tastes, but using that as a reason to disagree with his ideas is nonsensical.
If your criticism amounts to “death first”, then I have to tell you that Trump and ICE wholeheartedly agree with you.
A rewritten Constitution. For example, the 4th Amendment should treat our devices and bodies as “papers and effects”, so that unwarranted searches aren’t constitutional. Ditto for LGBTQ+ and minorities being treated as people from the outset, and more.
In any case, to broadly speak to your points: An replaced Constitution should have a section dedicated to economic fairness and mechanics to uphold a more egalitarian society. For example, workers having the right to vote for leadership positions and pay packages, UBI, universal healthcare, education as a paid job for students, and so on.
The Magna Carta, American Constitution, and French democracy were born of suffering and strife. We are now in a age where that happens again.
That’s a great list and all, but this is the guy who urged revolution and then turned tale and ran away three times and three times told us to vote for people who would never give us even a fraction of one of these things on this list. I was all in for him, but he let us down bad.
(Thought that was a good addition from the article, left out of the subtitle.)
So, human decency and objectively good measures are considered far left in the usa. Good thing I’m not an american.
No one is getting a single one of those bullet points out of Democrats
They damn sure aren’t getting a shred of one out of Jill Stein.
I think we have to start over. We aren’t one people anymore, nor is our society fit for a modern world. There is just too many structural issues in our politics and economy, that can’t be addressed by gentle reform anymore.
What the fuck do you mean by start over?
Once you’ve finished your starting over, would you reinstate Citizens United or abolish it?
Once you’ve started over, would you have free healthcare for all, or reinstate privatised insurance company-led doublepay healthcare?
Once you’ve started over, would you build millions of affordable homes, or are you planning on killing enough people that there’s a surplus already?
Once you’ve started over, would you charge for education or make it free?
Once you’ve started over, would you expand social security and reinstate traditional pensions, or reduce social security and continue to assume that everyone will be able to afford a good 401k?
Once you’ve started over, would you raise the minimum wage to an amount that people can realistically live on, or leave it so that corporations can underpay workers and leave social security to foot the bill instead or have starvation and homelessness as the warning to any prole stubborn enough to consider only working a single full time job?
Once you’ve started over, would you demand that the wealthiest people and three corporations pay their fair share of taxes, or would you allow all the tax avoidance schemes from before?
“Start over” is much, much, much emptier words that don’t have any hope of making anything better AT ALL than Bernie’s words.
If your only criticism of Bernie is that there just isn’t enough death and destruction for your tastes, but using that as a reason to disagree with his ideas is nonsensical.
If your criticism amounts to “death first”, then I have to tell you that Trump and ICE wholeheartedly agree with you.
A rewritten Constitution. For example, the 4th Amendment should treat our devices and bodies as “papers and effects”, so that unwarranted searches aren’t constitutional. Ditto for LGBTQ+ and minorities being treated as people from the outset, and more.
In any case, to broadly speak to your points: An replaced Constitution should have a section dedicated to economic fairness and mechanics to uphold a more egalitarian society. For example, workers having the right to vote for leadership positions and pay packages, UBI, universal healthcare, education as a paid job for students, and so on.
The Magna Carta, American Constitution, and French democracy were born of suffering and strife. We are now in a age where that happens again.
That’s all good stuff, 100%, but if the existing constitution had been upheld, Trump would be in prison instead of the White House.
Hence, starting over. We need fresh politicians and an overhauled Constitution to go with them.
That’s a great list and all, but this is the guy who urged revolution and then turned tale and ran away three times and three times told us to vote for people who would never give us even a fraction of one of these things on this list. I was all in for him, but he let us down bad.
That’s cool but how are you going to do it?
By building a movement that demands it
The problem is that people say they demand it and then end up voting for people that do not care
Yes we should all vote for Russian asset Jill Stein instead /s
I mean concrete actions
I don’t know. Some of these points seem like discussion enders for many people. I suppose all I can think about is what I will do.