Comment on The richest people in the world are morally bankrupt

spittingimage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You got to vote and be active in politics and encourage as many people to do likewise. If more people did that the sum of our power would be far greater than the power of billionaires. We can then have reforms like regulating campaign contributions and lobbying and passing more regulations that protect the people.

  For some countries there are things working against us. For example in the US billionaires have a lot of power and contribute heavily to politics in part due to the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC which opened the floodgates for unlimited political spending and has really harmed our country. My solution to this is to encourage people to boycott companies that donate heavily to Republicans and most importantly encourage people to vote for people who will help stop all the corruption.

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  • Azal@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Another thing that gets me is how many people will say voting doesn’t matter when they maybe only vote on presidential elections.

    Voting is not a 4 year thing, it’s an absolute grind and locally can affect more of your day to day life, as well as keep building its way. higher up. I live in a state that so many people showed up and voted for bills that went against the state legislature, but they actually voted less for the people… now of course the state is overthrowing the things voted in.

    So yes, SO VERY MUCH vote and be active in politics.

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    • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Democracy is dying in the Untied States, it may be too late for voting to matter

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  • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    right on brother

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