No, I hear the puppet argument far more often than the commie argument (which believe it or not… I’ve actually heard before @Beyond_Beyond brought it up)
And who is pulling the strings? Don’t answer, we already know.
I’ll go with a J, and then id like to buy a whole bunch of O’s after that.
The corporate donors. Think of the death cult aka the healthcare industry, MIC and other oligopolies.
Of course. Let the public continue to suffer. Maybe they can all go homeless, starve and die. That would be so cool. All the while, less affluent countries have been giving their citizens monthly checks. But as asshole Joe Manchin says “that’s not who we are”. What a stupid dickhead! I hope the people of W.Virginia are paying attention so they can vote this jerkoff out next time he is up for re-election.
Well I’m with you on those points. Those guys wield way too much influence over politics. What would you suggest be done?
I assume you are talking about oil economies. They do this to avoid having riots and discontent on their hands. It’s much cheaper than changing the government system. They certainly do not so this out of the goodness of their hearts or a desire for humanitarian ends. They are effectively bribing their citizens.
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Bobby Shmurda, of course.
Is New Zealand an oil economy? What % of the U.S. economy is oil related?
Follow the wants/needs of the public. That’s what ought to be done.
Who?
You would need reform of donation, lobbying rules to reduce the influence of these undemocratic bodies.
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NZ is not an oil economy. They have coal, maybe some gas reserves. Farming and tourism would be their biggest industries. Not sure how much GDP is from coal/gas.
US GDP from oil/gas around 7.5%.
The public needs to become more instrumental in deciding who has power. Unfortunately, the few have cracked the code and have us squabbling with each other over nonsense so this will never happen now.
That said, has anyone been able to achieve this?
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When do you think it will happen? And what do you believe is stopping it?
And your solution?
That word practically equates into doing nothing, just pay lip service to pretend like you’re doing something while keeping your donors happy.
Well, then you need to define what the actual issues are in detail, and how you would make changes and why? Then you need to present these ideas, in writing to people who are in a position to do something about it. Get them to make a written statement, on what their position is.
Hopefully you will get some kind of official response. They might address it, but just as likely they will politely try and dismiss you. At least you will have a concrete statement that shows if they even bothered to seriously answer you. If you don’t get a response, note this. Then you move on to the next person who might be sympathetic to your viewpoint, let them know how other political opponents have failed to address the issue. Hold them accountable. Politicians don’t like it when the public finds out they have been ignoring an issue in the public interest. They look bad, and people that normally would vote for them, won’t anymore.
Healthcare industry in the USA perhaps. In Aus we have subsidized healthcare for all. If you’re in dire need of help, you’ll be getting affordable help.
Or maybe they love money more? Maybe, just maybe that is why Biden said he would veto M4A if it came to his desk. This despite it being very popular among the citizenry.
“Come on Mane”! Biden isn’t popular even with the people that voted for him.
Anyways you don’t start asking Biden, you start with your local representative. Stop giving me the everything is too hard attitude. Get off your arse, and do something. I’m not American, but I’d be very surprised if there were not plenty of petitions you could sign regarding M4A, and related national medicare proposals.