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Cake day: July 21st, 2023

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  • Again, I appreciate the information but “revolution” is a nebulous term. What’s the realistic plan to get there?

    Voting can’t get us there.

    I’d believe that if we had enough participation. Look at the number of eligible voters, then look at the margins on every single candidate and issue. If enough people had voted, we would have literally put fascism behind us and had election reform. First past the post would be a distant memory. Which again, is the absolutely required first step before 3rd-party candidates become viable in the US.

    Voting works if enough people vote, and we have the numbers. I realize getting people to participate is the harder problem than just saying an ideology will solve everything, but that’s the world we live in. Any realistic plan for revolution must at least include voting as long as voting is still an effective part of progress.









  • Why do billionaires buy social media networks and news organizations, donate hundreds of millions to PACs, break decades of precedent by killing editorial content they don’t agree with, organize illegal lotteries for votes, etc? They have more money than they can ever spend, but it’s not enough. They must have control too. Which is why hoarding that amount of wealth is so dangerous and should be illegal.