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Old 11-08-2024, 12:27 PM   #678
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Originally Posted by rubecube View Post
They could at least try.
I'd actually be curious what your proposal to appeal to the working class?

suspect most of what you are going to bring up could easily to sorted into 3 categories,

Things they are doing just not fast enough for you, largely due to weak majorities for divided governments. And it's incredibly hypocritical to cede political ground to the other side on these issues, because you are just letting things you proport to care about get worse.

This that would be wildly unpopular in the real world, and you can want, but you can't actually expect a real party to advocate for. "I think they should charge a $185/ton carbon tax"... it is the correct progressive stance, but would have incredibly regressive real world results, and would be very unpopular.

Things they are doing and people just aren't well informed enough to understand. I've heard a lot of political commentary "It's the economy stupid" but every economist in world agrees, Trumps platform is ill advised, inflationary, and risks being the proximate cause of a recession. Yet trust is so wildly misplaced it defies explanation.
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