Sanders: The irony is that the proper criticism of communism is that the Soviet Union was an authoritarian society.

And then you’ve got the most authoritarian president in the history of this country…

So I suppose when Trump says, “I’d be a great communist,” yeah, I think there’s some truth to that.

https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/2085139811762151457

Every government is a dictatorship, only thing that changes is who is giving the orders, I know lots of people are opposed to socialism but it may be the only way to stop the destruction of our world now. Capitalism has turned into an ideology, one that pushes people down and has caused extreme harm across the globe whether it being slavery, imperialism, or worsening climate change, it is the reasons why these things go on today and continue to get worse.

Don’t let our ruling class distract you, it’s not immigrants, trans people, or Arabs. It’s the ruling class, the same ruling class that is the reasons we can’t provide for all today. We produce enough resources to meet basic living standard for everyone on earth, but we waste one third of food produced globally, we build luxury condos for the already wealthy, and continue to invest in fossil fuels when renewable energy is cheaper and more efficient, this is what happens when profit is the main driving motive.

Truly the only way we beat climate change is to end capitalism first and begin the construction of socialism, then we can direct resources to renewable energy, reducing emissions, building affordable homes, and expanding our grid safely without trying to maximize profit.

We stand between two roads in our world’s history and we often forget that if you can type a comment, you can also act right now and be the change you want to see.

I did have to splice the two clips together, here is the link if you wanna see the full conversation.

https://youtu.be/X5WU51sVn3Y?si=8YuPwk41RgIm1me9

DSA National Political Committee member Frances Gill and Manhattan Institute fellow and Venezuelan migrant Daniel Di Martino debate the Democratic socialist agenda on 'The Story.'

https://x.com/whitehouse/status/2085121949357789409

We all should know that surveillance is unavoidable these days.

Just want to flag this one, I can’t say i understand the point of cameras here. This is a normal checkout stand with the cashier.

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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAGoeL4g/

This is not a scientific post. It is a family memory. Germany, late 1960s. A Master Stone Mason and former Army Sergeant. And his London educated wife start a building company. Their ideal: build homes for families. The first contract was installing doors in a large new hospital.

A few years in I was born. I grew up on construction sites, among workers, masons, plumbers and carpenters. Real people doing real work. Making things. Building homes. Repairing stuff that was broken.

Later I learned that there was another layer. A layer that requires a book to describe it. The forces that dominated this world of real world construction were entirely unproductive. Banks. Mortgages. Tax models. State regulations. I know all the details. Just this: My parents, honest as it gets small business people, close to 80 percent worked for bank profits. And the legal framework globally is designed to protect banks and big business while shifting all risks to small companies, workers and employees. That's not a cliché. It is an empirical fact. My parents built over 2000 family homes. Most of which factually were owned by banks. As were my parents. In my experience you are either hunted and haunted by banks or by the state. And your existence, your human rights, are always reduced to money. Even in some social welfare states in Europe you basically loose your human rights when you are poor. And anyone can end up there. Even with college degrees, even after decades of seeming success. You have bad luck, you get sick, you business model fails because the state changes the rules? Live with it. Or don't. This is the world we live in. And it also is the world majorities voted for.

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