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Work Reform
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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.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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The infighting and dogmatism is pretty off puting. Even if multiple studies show that a police doesn't work, ie rent freezes, they still blindly push for it.
The studies can be biased. But you are absolutely right on the main point. Leftists are just as susceptible to group thinking as anyone. However, nobody else in a collective group is any different.
You're talking about how a particular party or group within a party behaves. Presumably you're talking about the DSA. That's fine.
Being socialist just means being an advocate for policies which put society above the individual.
Being socialist just means that you agree that those a good goals. It doesn't say anything about how you think they should be achieved.
It might not include many specifics but "by eliminating capitalism" is definitely one of them. Without that you're just describing Keynesian capitalism.
Also, putting society above the individual is not quite right. It is recognition that you should put the majority of individuals above the minority, instead of protecting an individual's absolute rights above the interests of the majority. It's not like society isn't made up of individuals, after all.