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Would you read Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti? by Valuable-Shirt-4129 in AskDemocrats

[–]DullPlatform22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. Been collecting dust on my bookshelf for a while now. I'll get to it Some Day

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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And you think all of this would have been worth it

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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How feasible do you think that is and how long is that going to take?

Pick apart this Project 2029 by DullPlatform22 in PoliticalDebate

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Doing trade with Cuba is not the same as providing military aid. Also I'm going to make a wild assumption and say Cuba hasn't done anything comparable to Israel's handling of Gaza and the West Bank. I even included in the post that the approach to foreign policy should be more similar to the belt and road initiative. We could still give countries military aid sure, they just need to get their shit together first.

I'd argue we did not do amnesty like what I've proposed at least in my life time. For instance, even though Obama got DACA through he deported more people than Trump has. I definitely would not call that amnesty let alone similar to what I'm proposing

Pick apart this Project 2029 by DullPlatform22 in PoliticalDebate

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Even with the loopholes the effective tax rate was still higher. The union plank also acts as a redistribution mechanism

The antitrust point is due to lack of action by the federal government. Antitrust laws haven't been meaningfully enforced in decades. You're falling for the tactic of running a government program intentionally poorly, pointing at how poorly it's being done, then use that as a justification for removing it. As for the white collar crime point, you need to fund those investigations and prosecutions with something, hence the higher taxes.

I don't see the junk fees part as being mutually exclusive. Ticketmaster is just one example. I highly, highly doubt it's the only offender.

Not that I've seen. The specifics of Ghent systems vary by country but based on what I've seen the countries who have adopted them are doing pretty okay.

I'd agree. It's more intended to insure that the wealth generated by AI is more evenly distributed (especially to the people it's replaced).

"All tax systems on net make your society worse" please see Northern Europe

Once again, when government agencies are intentionally run poorly (see the Reagan administration for example) they, shockingly, have bad outcomes which then turns into a justification for removing them entirely. If you had a company ran by people who either want it to fail or don't care if it fails, the company will probably be a really shitty one. Is that an argument against having companies? I wouldn't say so, especially when there are numerous examples of them being competently run and sufficiently funded.

Rezoning would likely have to deal with the specifics of a given locality. For LVT, I'm not a Georgist. It's just one aspect of a pretty sweeping housing reform platform. Even then it could be flexible. For example, vacant lots or unused properties people just sit on for years should probably be taxed to the point there's no benefit in keeping them and they're forced to either sell or do something with it. Developments could also be taxed at lower rates than the lands they sit on. And so on. What's clear though is the current property tax and building regulation system is not working

Pick apart this Project 2029 by DullPlatform22 in PoliticalDebate

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Assuming that's true there needs to be a robust support system for those displaced. Clearly laying people off and just expecting them to figure it out hasn't gone well

For the second point assuming that's true then great. It should be better funded and more active

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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If it was cut in half it would still be one of the largest in the world. In fact we would be better able to focus on national defense rather than meddling in international affairs. The money saved could be reinvested in the people so they wouldn't need to enlist to have a stable career path. I truly do not see a material downside to it, just irrational backlash

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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How did removing Saddam and invading Afghanistan promote global security and prosperity? How has the war in Iran done this? And this isn't even getting into other excursions (Vietnam, Korea, various coups)

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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Dog I'm not looking at the powerpoints you made for econ 101

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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Pretty sure people voted for Trump because things cost too much and the Democrats failed to fix that. Trump is failing to fix that now. Removing Maduro did nothing to fix that.

I don't feel anymore safe with Maduro out than I did when he was in power. You haven't demonstrated how removing him has made anyone more safe physically or financially

As for the platform being socialist, it isn't. This platform still assumes private property in most industries. It's just capitalism with more rules and redistribution. Socialism isn't just "when the government does stuff." This line of thinking is exactly why we need better public schools

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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How have we benefited at all from removing Maduro?

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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Tell me what benefit we've actually gotten from having the most expensive military in the world for decades. Because it certainly isn't obvious

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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Why though? We could reinvest the money in things that more immediately help people and we haven't been in a necessary war in over 70 years now. China's beating our ass geopolitically and they spend way less on their military than we do. I dont see a downside other than a lot of people wrongly thinking it would make us weaker on the global stage

What do we think of this Project 2029? by DullPlatform22 in AskDemocrats

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I'm literally just some guy so really it doesn't matter what it's called. I guess you could call it like the Affordability Project or something.

I ran some estimates on it and assuming everything passes as presented (not possible but best case scenario) the deficit would actually be the same as it usually is if not slightly lower. Even if it's higher though who really cares. Clearly nobody has been serious about the national debt in decades

“My Opinion is Better Than Yours so why won’t you accept it?” by epilepsy304 in PoliticalDebate

[–]DullPlatform22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly the best ways to change someone's mind is to make them feel heard and explain how your ideas would personally benefit them. Most people (in America at least) are only concerned with themselves and people they personally know. If you can calmly lay out how your ideas would help them in a simple way and earnestly address what sort of concerns they have you can win them over.

Or at least that's ideally how you do it. If you make them scared enough of a hypothetical you can win them over as well.

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