• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      7 hours ago

      Nah, capitalism is clearly broken, and I agree that socialism is the most appealing -ism.

      But a key requirement to socialism is a strong and stable central government. And we…don’t have that. Instead we have consolidated power in the executive and a judicial branch which is clearly bought and paid for.

      We need to replace the roof before we think about putting in a pool.

      We’ve outgrown our entire system of government…or managed to shape it into something that clearly does not match the will of the people.

      We need to rewrite it with more fail-safes and circut-breakers for corruption. Social programs need to be uncuttable. Then, socialism has a fighting chance. It can be done, but not easily or willingly.