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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.
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Why do you find them sketchy?
Abolishing the police for one. Abolishing the senate. These are bizarre platform positions
what does the senate do other than give extra votes to empty fields
It's fine to muse about stuff like this online. In theory, the senate serves to shield the government from tidal shifts that happen too fast. Obviously, they are not doing their job now. But to put this as a main core tenet of your platforms is bat shit insane. The average American that is struggling to put food on the table doesn't have the mental load to evaluate these things and just looks at it and goes "what the fuck are you all on??!" and votes red. Goddam Subaru socialists out of touch with reality
The senate serves the same function as the house of lords in the uk. The problem, though, is that we don't have lords, so why the hell do we need a chamber to make sure their voice is heard? Wouldn't it make more sense to have a second, equally democratic chamber instead of the "states must be represented, even though that doesn't actually have any meaning any more since the people just elect them too, now" chamber?
Abolishing police is just good politics. No one needs gun toting fascists running around murdering folks for no reason.
I can tell when people are Subaru socialists when they say stupid insane shit like "abolish the police is good policy". That is so insane and out of touch with reality I don't even know where to begin. It's fine to muse about the police state and Marxist leninist theory online, but this is how we get stupid shit like a Vance term
Admitedly some of their stated platform goals are a bit weird and extreme, such as abolishing presidential elections.
Well, the president claims most of his power from the fact he's elected by the people, but I think many would agree that no one man should hold the power of the president. It's too open to abuse.
The actual stated powers of the president aren't. The real problem is the other branches refusing to do their job.
Yep, but the problem is still there, and abolishing the presidency (or, let's be real, changing it to a largely ceremonial and symbolic role, like the Queen of England) is one good way to solve the problem.
Why? Making a prime minister seems like a pretty reasonable position. The fact that we elect a defacto king every four years is the weird thing.
For about a century, many many similar groups have popped up only to later be revealed as a communist dictatorship psyop meant to create division ultimately leading to conservative leaders getting elected instead. After being revealed their funding dries up and they go limp, rinse and repeat. Example: CPUSA, despite being the oldest example was also recently active as they went from 5k members to 20k members after 2016, but have since lost half as it became clear they're soviet-style fascists. In 1993, expats from the library of congress participated in a sharing of historical documents with Moscow and revealed the group was even directly involved in infiltrating African American and sharecropper groups in an attempt to spread violent ideology. Similarly were the New Communist Movement of the 70s and 80s including the Maoist International Movement.
The entire basis for splintering the DNC party is the notion that the current DNC platform isn't progressive, which I think is just false.
But if it somehow wins elections, sure, let's do it.
DNC isn't being splintered. DSA is specifically running candidates in primaries, not generals.
Which is why I don't oppose the DSA, but there is a lot of dialogue trying to frame it as a big split or schism in the DNC.
So it's sketchy because of other organizations that don't function like it or are shaped like it?
Got it. Some paranoia can be good, but don't let it destroy you. Keep an eye out, but also trust is a two-way street.
It's sketchy because it results in shaming of the DNC, but it's not problematic yet because they might possibly help remove Republicans from power (yet to be seen). And their chosen moniker is one that has been applied to other much worse organizations in the past.