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No, I actually do want some of these. I think housing should be a right, not a privilege. Basic universal income is going to be very important when suddenly AI takes half of our blue-collar jobs bcz rich assholes think they can get by without workers. And actually, I do want corporations to be unprofitable. They're currently profiting off the backs of their employees labor, and i think that should belong to the employees.

I don't expect elections to deliver the result I want, I want my vote to count

Although a lot of the other points deserve (more?) attention, I just want to share this because I never thought how hard this would feel.

I'm in my early 30s and come from a very apolitical family. About 1.5 months ago I voted for the first time in my life. At an embassy in the fraudulent Russian election.

Of course I knew my vote would not count. I always knew that every Russian election since I was a kid was a fraud. I did it for a statement and to partake in an event that resembled a demonstration, to do the limited thing I can do. But I would have never imagined that feeling that would hit me once I had actually voted.

After standing in line and passing the security checkpoints and ruining the bulletin (which in theory should count as a vote against everyone in the percentages). Once it was done. I was... furious, enraged, desperate. Much more than I thought. On a rational level I knew my vote didn't matter. The results were already calculated no matter what. Even before I got in line. No matter whether I had smuggled in my non erasable pen or not. But once I had actually voted for the first time, I didn't want anything more than this vote to count. Not to win, just for someone to acknowledge that bulletin. I felt so angry and helpless and I wanted to scream until my lungs would start to bleed.

So, yes, this freaking matters. I hope none of you will ever feel this way after voting. And for the love of God, if you have a passport of a country who has somewhat fair elections, please go vote.

Number 1 is hitting super fucking hard currently, not just with healthcare but science. I'm so fucking angry to see year after year after year NASA gets a budget cut and the fucking military gets yet another massive increase...

It's to the point now that NASA had to decide what currently running missions to cancel not just what future missions are now unfeasible... Chandra X-ray telescope is the only one we have and the entire global X-ray science community relies on it... We're now forced to give it the axe so we can shovel more money at Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin....

My entire life this is all I've ever seen. More military, less science. More military, no healthcare.

Even 30% for housing is pushing it and based on lending limits instead of quality of life. Somewhere between 20-25% would be more reasonable.

Just to be clear. I don’t want the Soviet Union. I want workers co-ops to be the default form of employment followed by government employees, and a small portion of unionized companies with private ownership and self employed folks to fill in the gaps here and there with an understanding that over time the unions will buy out the private owners of their shares.

i actually do want corporations to be unprofitable. profit is theft, not viability.

I don't want money for nothing music starts playing

Eh, I think corporations should be banned. Make everything individual and worker co-ops. These huge businesses and huge governments do more damage than good.

I don't want my money for nothing; I want a job that pays for my basic needs

Nah fuck that. We live in a time where technology allows for universal material luxury and plenty of time off. If you're working, you deserve both to have your basic needs met and luxuries.

I want everyone to be given what they need to live comfortably so they don't get so fucking pissed off about the glaring unfairness of the world that they do a bunch of antisocial shit to cope.

This is great - it’s high time we set the framing straight, just like this. For far too long public discourse has defaulted to conservative framing of issues, and it’s only served to drag the Overton window right. I agree with other commenters that things are more nuanced, but the least we can do is begin discussions from a more left-leaning frame of mind.

I want everything that's written in black letters.

Sad that I no longer agree with this. I've become so radical. Socialism or barbarism. I won't be happy until every landlord is in prison.

I want the government to server the people. NOT the corporations and churches. Keep your religion to yourself and tax churches. (at least the bullshit big ones)

It’s sad that if we actually got all of these, it would basically upend the entire broken system in America

I just wanna be happy.

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I don't support corporations making a lot of money. I don't support the ultra rich.

And you can't compromise on that. If the company or the person is too powerful, there is no good way to make them play fair.

well actually, counter point, i do want the elections to deliver the result i want, which is a functional system that represents its people fairly.

But wait, I actually do want those things.

Honestly. I do want many of the things in black.

You do want free (at the point of using it) healthcare. You want to have it because when you need it you may not be in a position to pay for it.

Where's Eat The Rich?

I'll take Things That Will Never Happen for 500, Alex.

Usually when I read "both sides are the same", it's a blue conservative like you trying to make people critical of the Democratic party seem unreasonable. Both sides are capitalist and conservative, but there are differences for sure. Dont you want more differences? If you wanna really shut up those people bitching from the sidelines, the best way to do so is to put them in the game! Force them to show us how to do things since it's so easy and they have it all figured out. Switching away from first past the post voting allows people to vote for who represents them best while still counting their vote against those they dont want to win. Just search for videos on FPTP voting if you want an explanation on how and why the spoiler effect exists. Electoral reform is possible in each individual state (for now), we dont need federal reform! Maine and Alaska have already passed electoral reform. Republicans are moving to make alternative electoral systems illegal in their states. Why would you want to use the same voting system republicans prefer? More political parties means a higher percentage of the population is represented by their choices in the voting booth. More people involved in the electoral process, more people engaged. Its a win win win all around for not just the people, but also for the democratic party. More people voting means more democratic votes. The numbers dont lie. So what's the hold up blue states? Electoral reform needs to be the number one priority for every democrat. No more waiting. Consider starting campaign to change how we vote in your own state! Force our representatives to compete with fresh outside ideas. We deserve the best representation, not excuses.

I don't want jpeg artifacts on my memes.

You want late-stage capitalism? Because that's how you get late-stage capitalism.

This is your brain on liberalism, folks.

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