Personally, I'd like to abolish the stock market altogether. But this is an attractive, actionable policy

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[–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

As I said, I agree the stock market should be abolished entirely, but that's an extremely difficult sell. This is a much more actionable policy at the present day, which may even get some traction given the bipartisan conversation on AI.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Well when I clicked on the link it loaded a couple minutes from the end, so.

    If I had the power to force one bill through, I'd ban the stock market. Stock is fine for employees, makes for a great pension. But you can't own stock in a company you don't work for. If you want to invest in a company you don't work for, buy bonds.

    There's no good reason for private ownership through capital investment. Private capital investment can happen without ownership.

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    Revolution now please?

    Just as soon as we get about 30 million organized revolutionaries. Heck, call it 3 million if they're organized enough.

    Probably gonna be waiting a bit for that tho.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe, hopefully, still not a great situation. The problem with accelerationism is that it tends to overestimate how sensitive the proverbial frog is to the water temperature rising. Bread and circuses are a powerful thing, even when they're just relatively cheap instead of free. "Creating more socialists than socialists have in years" isn't a particularly high bar. I have my doubts that the quantity is statistically significant, being exposed to the average American on a daily basis.

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    I think broad success is going to come from finding people outside the "leftist" label that embody leftist ideals. I think there's too much online atheist energy for our own good, Christians can be a valuable asset if we can learn to leverage the teachings of Jesus. Red state voters have that dog in them, if you learn how to engage it. I think the main problem is that we let vocabulary get in the way of the message.

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