Agreed. Then we are back to where we were with Biden: billionaires pay little to no taxes, middle class pays over 25% of their income straight off the top. No consumer protection laws, no laws regarding hedge funds buying single family residences, billion$ flowing to Israel, ICE raids....yipee.
What I'm getting at Blase is that it's either Revolution 2.0 or we will be right back at this horrible low or worse within a generation. Our system is terminal, it should not exist in 2025. It hurts the citizens that give the highest %, and welfare for the corporations. Not sustainable, not at all.
Well given how lazy and stupid Americans are on average we’re not seeing a revolution
That's how the Crown felt in the late 1700s
Well what was wrong then is most certainly correct today
If people who had the right to vote had voted, there might not need to be a revolution. I am especially appalled at the under-30s who turned out in low proportion and are now sitting idle while Trump crushes their future. If they don't bother voting, are they really going to take to the streets? 1/
And, of course, that voting could get them candidates they want - not the old guard. Mamdani is exciting, but remember the NYC primary turnout was a miserable 23%, this with a criminal who did a deal with Trump to avoid prosecution (Adams) is a candidate. If the younger voters decide to 2/
post Tiktoks about how cool Mamdani is, but don't actually go to the polls and vote, Mamdani could actually lose. Lots of Magas in Queens and Staten Island. This is how democracy dies. 3/