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0 pointsQuercusMax3d ago0 comments

So let's not even think about how to build a better world because the administration we have right now is garbage?

We need a wealth tax, ONLY public financing of elections (no PAC money, no "I'm a billionaire so I can spend as much as I want on myself"), and many other reforms. Nationalizing critical industries and sectors is also something we should be pursuing.

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randallsquared3d ago

From the standpoint of 1926, we built the better world and you're living in it. It's hard to imagine how much better off we all are, but it's not a law of nature, and with enough damage to markets and production, we can get back there again!

sokoloff3d ago

> no "I'm a billionaire so I can spend as much as I want on myself"

To me, that would seem extremely difficult for Congress to pass a law restricting individual speech in this particular way that would pass First Amendment muster, and I don’t think we should be at “let’s just set aside the Constitution when it clearly says something we don’t like” because I don’t think that ends well in today’s political climate (or any other, but it’s especially bad now).

vineyardmike3d ago

We already have laws that limit how much you can give to someone else’s campaign. We’ve already crossed that threshold in terms of “free speech”.

NoMoreNicksLeft3d ago

An old law, belonging to a set of laws which have been eroded over the decades such that it's surprising this one hasn't been set aside already. Both Congress and the courts have changed in ways that won't ever let that be passed again, or let it stand if it somehow is snuck into law. That era is over, you will never succeed in bringing it back.

And if you think anything's going to change in November, you're going to be really disappointed.

sokoloff3d ago

Passing a law that restricts the amount of my own money that I can spend talking about myself seems especially directly a 1A violation.

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randallsquared3d ago

sokoloff3d ago

> no "I'm a billionaire so I can spend as much as I want on myself"

vineyardmike3d ago

We already have laws that limit how much you can give to someone else’s campaign. We’ve already crossed that threshold in terms of “free speech”.

NoMoreNicksLeft3d ago

And if you think anything's going to change in November, you're going to be really disappointed.

sokoloff3d ago

Passing a law that restricts the amount of my own money that I can spend talking about myself seems especially directly a 1A violation.

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