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[–] farsinuce@feddit.dk 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Thank you for this approximate description of most Nordic countries.

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Are you trying to fix systemic problems of government structure or pass laws? They are different things.

[–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It has no chance of becoming a reality without the help of moderates and liberals who have made it very clear they would rather lose to MAGA than compromise with leftists and progressives.

People have yet to acknowledge the first implications of this. If we believe the numbers of progressives and leftists are growing there will come a time when we begin winning primaries but will lose general elections consistently because moderates and liberals suddenly won't "vote blue no matter who". Which means fascism isn't just a possibility, it's guaranteed.

If moderates and liberals don't make different choices there's nothing we can do.

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[–] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I think the actions on this list would improve economic conditions for the middle class.

I’ll just say if prostitution is legalized, then there needs to be something that ensures that someone isn’t coerced into it somehow, or sex trafficked into it.

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[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No. You keep treating the symptoms.

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You shouldn’t say that without adding what you mean by that, so please share your thoughts. Pretty please?

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[–] TetraVega@lemmings.world 3 points 8 months ago

What's the root cause?

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Legalize all drugs. Keep prices low(street value) with quality monitoring paid for by tax of product. Any further tax revenue from product to be used for addiction treatment.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

You could pay for a whole bunch of that with a Land Value Tax.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Again, replace the senate with proportional representation. Bicameral legislatures work, there's no reason to be rid of the senate. Just give it a purpose beyond "you represent a state". Expand the senate to 600 seats, National votes for party reps, 0.5% threshold to gain a seat, 6 year terms, rotate every two years. Then we'll get actual third parties into office, which will break up the two party strangle hold.

[–] daltotron@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Needs more limitations on investment in the stock market, more investment into co-ops and employee owned businesses, and more investment into rail infrastructure and other good civic infrastructure at the federal level. Also, change from general ranked choice voting, to the schulze method.

Also I wanna see a real move towards taco tuesday. We think it's a meme or whatever, but like an experimental free food day, or free single meal, for at least one day a week, seems totally achievable, and like it would do some good. Maybe try to integrate some community gardening into it or something, set up some federal system for that, that would be fucking sick dude hoo lee.

Edit: If you're getting rid of states, or like, trying to rethink them, I think I remember seeing some maps redrawn with states if they all had totally equal population, which you could do, and I've also seen some maps that allocate states based more on natural resources, than just having like, a lot of the western states be shitty squares and stuff. I think I saw one based on water tables, but I can't seem to find it or remember the name of it. You'd probably wanna go in for stuff like that, if you wanted to still retain the idea of states, and give them a reason to exist but also be fair and not lame.

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[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Writing "Abolish PACs and lobbying" implies reverting Citizens United v FEC so you probably don't need a separate list item for it

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