Wes4Humanity

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Someone's reality in which parking is more important than shelter in c/insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

If only there was a way to build some kind of vertical parking lot... Maybe even several levels... And then put the apartments above that

/s

Honestly, imo, areas of strictly commercial/industrial parking should be illegal... Put housing or solar over them

Sleepy racist dotard in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

#dozeydonald

Immigration is the canary in the coalmine in c/libertyhub@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 46 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure we all understand how the whole "canary in a coal mine" thing works

The ground begins to shift in our favor: The first signs of an electoral backlash against Trump in c/Resist@fedia.io
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

One party is filled with actual Nazis, the other party believes in appeasement at their best and outright collaboration at their worst... They are our "political rivals" the way the Nazis were the political rivals of the Jews.

They are not our political rivals, they are the enemies of the peasant working class. Their deluded peasant supporters are our political rivals, and I'm not advocating for removing them... Except in self defense

The ground begins to shift in our favor: The first signs of an electoral backlash against Trump in c/Resist@fedia.io
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I wish that was true, but I think the Dems have made it clear that for them, the oligarchy makes the wind

The ground begins to shift in our favor: The first signs of an electoral backlash against Trump in c/Resist@fedia.io
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Very true... How could we intercept those donations and direct them towards something progressive?

The ground begins to shift in our favor: The first signs of an electoral backlash against Trump in c/Resist@fedia.io
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I feel like getting rid of the coke head is probably a pretty important step in the overall plan though.

Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee -1 points 3 months ago

They don't do the job they were voted in to do. They work for the same oligarchy as the Republicans. They are also inside trading criminals. I think the majority of potential voters ARE progressive (whether they realize it or not) and that's why so many sit out the elections... Because there's no one to vote for who will actually do the job they want them to do.

Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts in c/news@lemmy.world
What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The powers that be are in on it

What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The stupid ones are angry too... They're just so stupid they are angry at the wrong things/people

Reddit shares plunge after Google algorithm change contributes to miss in user numbers in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Should we all short it at the same time?

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Okay, who forgot to pack Bernie's mittens?! (lemm.ee)
 

He pissed

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What does it mean, to live a moral life? (youtu.be)
 

Thought, maybe we could all use a little inspiration from back in the day.

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How about targeted short term boycotts? (lemm.ee)
 

Do you think it would be possible (and how could we get it done?) to unite millions of people who collectively agree to target an individual company for a short time unless the company meets our demands? For example, for the month of March we all pledge to not purchase anything from Apple unless Apple does XYZ... Either they do it, or we tank their stock... Move on to the next company target

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What if we ended all taxes on individuals, and just charged the cost of society to the corporations? (lemm.ee)
 

This idea has been kicking around in my head for a while, and I'm hoping some Lemmy geniuses can poke holes/ flesh it out with me.

Every person I've ever heard of works for and gets paid by some form of company. So instead of the company paying the workers and then those workers getting taxed, why not just tax it all to the corporations to begin with? Instead of hundreds of millions of individuals to think about, the IRS (in US) could just focus on a few million companies.

We the people democratically decide what we think is needed for a functioning society, and charge it to the corporations.

I'd say each company should be responsible for paying the same percentage of the bill as percentage of total "profits" they made. Like, if Apple makes 10% of all the combined profits of all the companies this quarter, they are responsible for paying 10% of the bill. Highest paid employee can make 10x what the lowest paid employee (including contracted and foreign workers) makes; more than that gets included in the calculation as part of the company's "profits". (So that CEO can still get paid absurd amounts of money, but the company will still pay taxes on most of it)

What if we created some sort of secure opinion/voting app where people go to cast their vote on whatever people think needs to be voted on. Should there be UBI? Should it be a token, living, or thriving wage? (Personally, I'd go with thriving and tie it to inflation) Single payer healthcare? All education paid for? Stop funding genocide? No more polluting the planet, or at least force companies to pay to clean up their own messes? When and where are companies allowed to market to us? Where should the threshold of agreement be to enact changes, 40% 50%+1 60%? Etc etc

Then we elect people who agree to simply enact what the people democratically agree on... And if the people don't agree, they'll stay away from it or leave it to the states. And hopefully someday we could build it out so that state and local governments work this way too.

I think we get bogged down on the 2 or 3 things we disagree on and allow that to mean we never get the things we DO agree on. Let's get the things we agree on first, and then continue debating the things we disagree on.

Also I think this would be a long term plan. 12 years would give us 2 full election cycles here in the US and would give zoomers time to grow up, settle, and start to really vote (hopefully with this new system).

Anyway, like I said, let's poke holes and figure out solutions. Thanks

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