Hardkill

Almost no one wants communism in America. Besides, communism has only worked in the short run, but has never worked in the long run. what we need is either Social Democracy like in the Nordic countries or Democratic Socialism.

Why the hell would you want to help the MAGA community? They have been contributing to the affordability issues we've been having by electing the wrong people to run the country.

I've now largely agree with that after reading up on more facts and history of the US and the rest world. This is something I’ve been trying to understand. By most objective measures, the United States today is more socially fair and more materially developed than it was in the mid-1900s, and arguably even more so than in the late 1990s or early 2000s. We have far stronger civil rights protections, much less overt discrimination, dramatically better technology, medicine, and safety, and vastly more knowledge and opportunity than earlier generations had. And yet, despite all of this, most Americans seem far less satisfied with the system than they were during the post-war era or even during the late 1900s/early aughts. Many people feel the country is “going in the wrong direction,” that institutions are broken, and that the system no longer works for ordinary people. What’s puzzling is that earlier generations lived through far worse objective conditions: world wars, the Great Depression, much higher levels of violence, explicit legal discrimination, and existential Cold War threats. And yet, broad trust in institutions and belief in the system’s legitimacy were often higher than they are today. So what explains this gap? Is it: changes in expectations rather than conditions? the modern media and social media environment amplifying negativity? rising economic precarity despite overall wealth? loss of shared narratives and social cohesion? the decline of collective institutions (unions, churches, civic orgs)? or something deeper about meaning, identity, and modern life? I’m not arguing that things are “fine” or that real problems don’t exist — clearly they do. We still have Trumpism, SCOTUS controlled by corrupt conservatives on the bench, economic inequality and affordability issues, climate change, lost of abortion rights in various parts of the country, a lot of people losing their healthcare coverage, AI fears, etc. as major problems in our country. But I’m now genuinely curious why subjective dissatisfaction has grown even as objective conditions (and fairness) have improved on net. Would love to hear how others here think about this paradox.

You know, I'd like this guy's take on Gandhi, but now this guy is sounding like either a right-wing partisan hack like a Fox News anchor or a left-wing populist doomer like Cenk Uygur. Has this guy ever ran a successful campaign for any big name candidate in the country? Has he even had a successful track record of predicting presidential elections like Allan Litchman has? How does he explain why Bush won reelection in 2004 or why Obama won reelection in 2012, when the country was not nearly in as good shape during either of those years under their respective watches as it was under Biden/Harris in 2024? As a matter of fact, I just found out that this jerk actually is another right-libertarian (or libertarian-leaning conservative) partisan hack. No wonder he has never criticized the cancerous spread of the right-wing media misinformation. It's because he is part of it! People like him need to pay a serious price for what they are doing to this country.

I am rooting for him to win in the Democratic primary for US Senate election in Texas. He's my top favorite candidate for the race. Although if Jasmine Crockett wins the nomination instead of James Talarico then I hope she wins the seat in the general election.

We need a lot of people doing sit-ins in the ICE Field Offices and mass marches to storm those places in a peaceful manner.

I wonder how the Democrats in 2028 are ever going to win back enough of the Arab and pro-Palestinian voters they need to win in 2028 if too many Democrats are still too pro-Israel.

I know.... I now believe that an AI automation crisis that's probably going to happen in the future might be the key to the kind of pain of capitalism that our country needs to truly wake up for good.

And what exactly does TYT plan to do about this problem from a practical standpoint? Not once have I heard any good plans from them that have ever worked.

I am now starting to think that maybe Bernie, AOC, Warren and the entire progressive movement are just wasting their time and energy. What hope is there for everyday people in the near future?

The rich, especially the ultra rich, still keep winning and they had another really good year in 2025, while everyone else in the country suffered from terrible cost-of-living/unaffordability problem. It's hard for me to see now how the rich and big corporations will be held accountable anytime soon.

We need a No Kings Protest throughout the entire country that is at least twice as large as the last one was.

Where is the mass movement or popular uprising for this?

Carney seems to be a very impressive leader. That was a great speech he gave. I concur!

It seems like it's a good service for finding good quality news sources and for filtering out bad ones.