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Luigi Mangione shouts a message to the American people on his way to court:

“This is completely unjust and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience.”

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[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The rich and powerful would also have won if Harris had managed to get elected. You may really care which party wins, but I doubt most of our oligarchs do.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh yes, things will be totally the same without Lena Khan being in the U.S. government. You're so, so right.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, things will be different for us. The rich, however, will be just fine. They'll still gatekeep who can run for president. They'll still actively co-write legislation. They'll still ~~buy~~ lobby legislators and cozy up with regulators. We're living in a second guilded age. We didn't just vote our way out of the last one

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lena Khan has literally been fighting and even stopping those sort of things.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OK, let's just say she's a hero. I'll say it for you. Lena Khan is a hero everyone!

With that out of the way, look at the last, say, five decades. Look at income disparity over that time period. Look at wages. Look at the health of labor unions. Look at how much more money political campaigns cost now. This has all been happening under Republican and Democratic administrations. Both parties have been moving to the economic right.

You can find heroes like Khan throughout this time period. Point them out if you like. Just don't ignore the fact that these trends continued despite their best efforts.

I just think you need to recognize that sometimes civic engagement requires more than just a vote

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I do realize that, which is why I have been working with Jewish Voice for Peace since the war started, trying to pressure U.S. politicians.