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A third so far! (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/workreform@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Abolishing the police for one. Abolishing the senate. These are bizarre platform positions

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    what does the senate do other than give extra votes to empty fields

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    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

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