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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

For republicans, “wealth transfer” is a dirty phrase if used in any shape or form that leans towards fairness, a level playing field, and equality. However, handing money to the already wealthy and fuck everyone else is perfectly acceptable wealth transfer.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 11 points 2 hours ago

"Upward transfer"

"Theft" is the word

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

The French solution

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

The poor die so the rich can get richer.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 20 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The French public would have a called a general strike at minimum while the AmeriKans take it in the ass.

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

did you know that protesting is not legal in many places in the US and also the police like to just murder people randomly

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

To be fair the French complain about their access to stolen modern day African money

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Again lol. U guys have not realized that two party system does not work ...

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Many of us realize that it's broken, but voting doesn't seem to fix it.........

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Yep voted for a long long time and tried to be progressive. At this moment I just want this to be over, so whatever the worse is.

[–] malin@thelemmy.club 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's working exactly as intended.

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

This. This is the truth.

[–] ThomasLadder_69@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 hours ago
[–] SnarkoPolo@lemm.ee 72 points 14 hours ago (16 children)

Of course, this is going to affect the working class first and worst. But stay with me here.

My wife and I are what you'd call upper middle class. Thanks to our college education, union jobs in public agencies, and mostly being smart with money, our assets are not meager.

Are you like me? Don't think you're exempt. They're coming for our assets too. They want all of us living paycheck to paycheck, begging our employers to not fire us.

What I'm saying is, the class struggle is everyone's struggle. If you're not a billionaire, you're at risk. Act like it.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

The #1 issue for all of us is Us versus Them. That's it. There's 1000 of them and 350 million of us.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 7 points 8 hours ago

There are about 8 billion of us

[–] head_socj@midwest.social 1 points 7 hours ago

But what will you do when the rest of the world's working poor turns around and suddenly you're "them"

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

It is, but the narrative they want it “us vs immigrants”. Think of how long they’ve been rage baiting people with this, it’s nuts.

Keep focus, it’s the 1%.

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

Exactly. I don't think I am poor but in there eyes, I am dirt poor. Anyone can't afford a seat at their table are at peril.

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 29 points 14 hours ago
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 32 points 15 hours ago (9 children)

Hey, yanks, until your centre right party (the Democrats) is willing to go all in and run candidates at all levels of government on the slogan of "The Largest Downward Transfer of Wealth in American History", your far right party (the Republicans) will keep repeating this. But if it makes you feel better, go back to blaming Muslims in Michigan or whatever.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 10 points 12 hours ago

The democrats are in on it too and it doesn't matter how many candidates they have politically aligned with the public's best interest. I keep saying this but the only way to break out of this loop is for both parties to split and take a large chunk of resources with them with they do. They also need to eliminate the "CEO" position for any party and all vote for the primary candidates instead of making arbitrary decisions. I get it, you need a leadership for housekeeping reasons, but the current RNC and DNC CEO's are not at all about housekeeping for the greater good. All of it is lip service while they take tax-free "political contributions" from all those shady "SuperPACS" . This is all wishful thinking and I'm just hear along for the ride in the billionaire made hand basket to hell.

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