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American workers are tired of waiting.
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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a lot of people assuming that the implied message of the meme is "Charlie Brown should stop trying to kick the ball" instead of "Lucy should stop pulling the ball away"
The best solution would be for Charlie Brown to kick Lucy and run the ball himself. (This is a metaphor for primarying sitting Democrats.)
The question is will anyone organise to make that happen in a meaningful way.
Ny money is on "NO" but I don't live there.
The Democratic Socialists are fielding a lot of viable challenges against Democrats this year, both in open seats and against incumbents. Mamdani is the very famous example, but there were a lot of DSA victories in city council races across the country, and there's also a primary challenge for Rep. Richie Torres.
He's not DSA affiliated, but Graham Platner just pushed centrist Janet Mills out of the Democratic primary race, allowing him to challenge Republican Susan Collins. Progressive Analilia Mejia also defeated AIPAC centrist Tom Malinowski in her primary and went on to win the special election to represent New Jersey's 11th district. It's still early, but this is could be a real reckoning for the centrist liberals that have ruled the party for the last 3 decades.
Hopefully it's not too late to undo the fascism they ushered in one betrayal at a time.
We'll see. The only cure foe scapegoating, far-right populism is genuine economic populism. I'm optimistic that, if we excise enough of the third-way rot from the party, the remaining Democratic hacks will see which way the wind is blowing and fall in line behind an actual progressive vision.
Maybe, but all it takes is just enough holdouts yet again. I hope you're right and I hope it happens while there's still time.
I don't think anyone knows the context of the comic, otherwise they wouldn't be yapping absolute nonsense in the replies. That stat of 54% of Americans reading below a 6th grade level is showing itself in real time.
I just figured the kid looks stupid so it's a metaphor for the US public.
Why not both?
because "both" means that the dnc supports and promotes candidates and policies that progressives want, and then progressives don't vote for them. how does that help anyone?
If Charlie trying to kick is voting, then that would mean Lucy is taking his vote away. Both means Lucy stops pulling the football and Charlie stops falling for the football being pulled.
He can still play (vote) but maybe get someone else to hold the ball (voting in the primaries).
how dare you!
those leftists would be very upset if they knew how to think long-term.
How many more decades before centrists stop being worse every election cycle?
Oh right, you're getting what you want long-term.