Comment by toomuchtodo
4 months ago
America’s flavor of Capitalism, through politics and policy, to center the human over capital.
(Socialism support is ~62% of the under 30 cohort, and 2M voters 55+ age out every year, progress is a function of time and electorate turnover, with progress visible via observing outcomes at election milestones)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529387 (citations)
I don't know how much I really trust polls when it comes to Americans and socialism. Look what happened in 2008
https://news.gallup.com/poll/4708/healthcare-system.aspx (first graph)
Democrats saw what seemed like a massive opportunity, took it, got punished very hard for 20 years.
Issues of culture are sticky. I think it could take many decades for Americans to unlearn their brand of toxic individualism. Maybe centuries.
Kiros is a good sign so far outside of NY, winning against a 30 year centrist incumbent in Colorado.
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros poised to become the first Gen Z woman in Congress - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15348384 - September 2017 (284 comments) ("Don't start a blog, start a cult.")
I hope you're right.
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The easiest way to do this is to leave the US. Why not go to Cuba? Or Venezuela? Or Russia? The options are out there.
Isn’t it easier to wait for the minority opposition to age out versus moving? As long as young voters show up to vote, you just have to be on the ballot (as almost every election since the presidential election has shown). Perhaps you’re asking the wrong folks to move, as the future and the country belong to its youth, not its elderly (who, by definition, are time constrained).
“The dead should not rule the living." -— Jefferson
“Progress occurs one funeral at a time.” —- Max Planck
You can be on the plane tomorrow. If you're really committed to living under the beautiful Communist dream, it can be yours within 24 hours. Do you really think that it's going to just be Mamdani victory after Mamdani victory going forward and that in 10-20 years you'll be living in paradise?
And, btw, the youth are also time constrained. Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Well, if you enjoy Trump era corruption, authoritarian strongman rule, and a great chasm between the haves and the have nots you can go to those countries as well. The options are open.
You know, I thought, surely, by now, capitalists would be calling for reform to capitalism to prevent the weird ponzy scheme from shutting down, but it's the same clichés! Not even an interrogation of why people are souring to capitalism, just the same old tired response.
Make sure you do 5 prayers to Bezos and another 5 to Thiel on your capitalism rosary ($14.99/month subscription). If you've run out of prayers for the month, they actually have a sale for the 4th of July, $8.99 gives you 12 more prayers! Golly, I could use those two extra prayers to pray to Musk.