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[–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The Democrats are structurally incapable of making any of those demands, except for legalized weed, as that does not improve the material economic conditions of the 99%.

Anything that improves material economic conditions of the 99% are policies that are violently opposed by their donor class, and the donor class always wins.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It would release thousands of people from Federal prisons on BS drug charges, mostly people of color, and create agricultural jobs. Legalizing weed has been shown to be a huge economic net benefit every time it's been studied.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    That's not what I'm saying.

    Giving people more, or better, health insurance, or raising minimum wage, are policies that the donor class feels comes at their expense. Either monetarily, or by giving the peasants more financial freedom, which they view as weakening their strangle hold on society.

    They may have moral objections to marijuana, but enough of them also want to get richer off of it, so it's not the same thing.

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