Green sprouts spreading

[Hatfort]

We had Obama moving US politics towards orange-green, which was apparently too much to swallow for the pure orange, blue, and, obviously, red segments of the population, so now we have Trump. But it may be too much of a backlash, so even a very moderate orange candidate like Biden could win, he had to acquire some green aspects from Bernie, seeing his relative success, but he doesn't really mean them. He is not going to go anywhere close to Medicare for all or other policies proposed by Sanders if he wins, which is a big if, because Trump has as many chances or more.

On the topic, whatever happens in November, Bernie Sanders lost and he is too old to run again, but a lot of the stuff he has been proposing lately, for decades really, are being honestly put in the agenda of youngest politicians all around the country. As an example, this young guy from Florida, Adam Christensen, winning a district with these ideas. Not to forget about Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, I hope she aims higher, that was an early sprout.

I love how well he frames Medicare for all as Small business tax cut. Because it's true, small companies have the huge burden of paying the health insurance of their employees, Medicare for all will only alleviate them. Of course, everything has a cost, nothing is free, dividends of the insurance and medical companies will decrease, poor angels. Average republicans and libertarians will have to deal with it too, I pity them, how will they be able to stand having permanent and free access to a doctor? It's going to be a living Hell for them, show a bit of compassion, please.

I'm not saying these changes are going to happen right away, for God's sake, we have Trump tweeting garbage like a troll in the White House at this very moment. I'm just saying it's unstoppable, these ideas will take over the Democrat party in a medium-term, and, at some point, they'll make it to the top because people will really demand them.

[Hatfort]

On the other hand, somewhere else in America, Republicans chose this woman for congress. A loony that doubles Trump down in red. They had to choose between her and an educated, conservative neurosurgeon also pro-Trump, of course, they choose the loony.

 

[Gidiot]

In a conscious society “paying taxes” would be framed as “societal improvement donations” but we aren’t there yet, our taxes could go to so much more but they are wasted on so much

[Hatfort]

13 minutes ago, Gidiot said:

In a conscious society “paying taxes” would be framed as “societal improvement donations” but we aren’t there yet, our taxes could go to so much more but they are wasted on so much

Well, donation is not a word I'd use, that would imply they are voluntary. Can you imagine? Pay only if you want to.

[Leo Gura]

This era of Trump should give birth to many Zoomer progressive candidates. But it will probably take 5 to 10 years to fully see those seeds sprout.

[Preety_India]

Progressivism in America will be a huge relief to the world 

 

 

[DreamScape]

@Preety_India agreed.

[Hatfort]

On 14/9/2020 at 0:50 PM, Leo Gura said:

This era of Trump should give birth to many Zoomer progressive candidates. But it will probably take 5 to 10 years to fully see those seeds sprout.

I'll have to cultivate my patience, I guess. A mostly green president in about 10 years, I would sign for that right now, but if we get more sprouts here and there, that's a start. We are clearly not there yet, but if we were, so much could be improved, even with lower consciousness people shouting like maniacs, it wouldn't be smooth. Not to speak about the corporations and their media whose huge benefits depend on low consciousness societies and politicians chosen by them.

 

 

 

On 14/9/2020 at 1:38 PM, Preety_India said:

Progressivism in America will be a huge relief to the world

Yes, I believe that too, America is leading the world economically, culturally, and militarily. That means that when America turns into a more conscious international policy, that will make a difference for everyone. Russia and China are huge too, but they are not leading and they are less developed than the US yet.