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A few necessary steps towards a better society: Guaranteed access to basic necessities (food, water, shelter, healthcare, etc) Wealth cap UBI Total abolishment of slavery (including prison labor) Abolishment of the electoral college
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Anonymous 15w

I’m not paying taxes for a convicted pedophile to get the same wage as an innocent subway worker. The electoral college is fine and wealth cap is ridiculous

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 15w

1) do you think prisons just cease to exist or that privileges can’t be taken away? 2) the electoral college is most certainly not fine 3) you will never have enough money to worry about a wealth cap in the first place

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

1) total abolishment of slavery means you can’t deny prisoners pay (otherwise it would be slavery dummy) 2) It’s worked for the past 250 years and our country hasn’t ceased to exist 3) Nor will I ever live in California but that doesn’t mean I can’t have an opinion about what’s going on over there

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 15w

You were talking about UBI, not prison wages. The electoral college serves the express purpose of subverting the will of the people, it may have been necessary when the only citizens were white landowners and over half the population couldn’t read but now it doesn’t serve any legitimate purpose. And what do you stand to gain from defending a class that would gladly pick you apart if it meant a marginal increase to their bottom line?

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Anonymous 15w

“Tyranny of the majority” is a classist argument the founding fathers made up to justify denying vast swaths of the population equal rights

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

I’m talking about your line that says “Total abolishment of slavery (including prison labor) dumb-dumb. I clearly state “you can’t deny prisoners pay” which directly relates to that, not UBI which never even contributed to my comment. Regarding the electoral college you haven’t given me any proof or evidence that it subverts the will of the people and so forth so not exactly a good counter. Finally, I support no wealth cap because of my belief in free market capitalism.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

You want to see tyranny of the majority in action go read a book about mob violence and justice in the south during segregation. That should be more than enough to show the majority is always right.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 15w

*not always right

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