FIXING OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM
Nearly every facet of American society has been slowly infiltrated by a species bent on domination or destruction. And no, I’m not talking about cats. I’m talking about sociopaths.
They may look like us. They may talk like us. But at their core, these are soulless individuals who would sooner let the world burn than relinquish control over it—so long as they get to rule over the ashes.
Since the founding of this country, conservatives have abused America’s political system time and again to protect the status quo over the country—using tools ranging from poll taxes and voter suppression to redlining and gerrymandering. Early on, the goal was white supremacy. Eventually, that goal shifted into wealth supremacy.
But while the target changed, the strategy never did. No matter the era, the playbook is the same: control the people by controlling the government and the media.
Imagine each major center of power in society as a giant kaiju. On one side are big businesses, wealthy investors, and lobbyists. On the other side are the government, unions, and the media. So how do wealthy sociopaths protect themselves? They destroy the balance by weakening or corrupting every institution that can hold them accountable.
Those with power want you to hate the government. They want you to believe it is useless, corrupt, and/or inherently evil. Why? Because it is the only institution explicitly designed to protect and serve the American people.
Over time, societies fracture as sociopaths become increasingly skilled at breaking rules, exploiting loopholes, and manipulating systems to serve their own interests.
Recently, the wealthy elite have perfected a vicious cycle: paying one side to actively sabotage progress while paying the other side to be feckless and/or incompetent, resulting in permanent dysfunction that only benefits the top two percent.
So why do we keep trusting wealthy sociopaths to act in our best interests? We might as well put Kristi Noem in charge of animal rescue and Ghislaine Maxwell in charge of sex-trafficking policy!
Back in the old days, voters picked their politicians, and the halls of Congress were filled with statesmen. Today, politicians pick their voters, and the halls of Congress are filled with shameless whores. Sorry — I meant lawmakers who identify as horizontally inclined.
In any other context, it would be insane to allow decision-makers to be paid by the interests they are supposed to regulate. The Founders could have enshrined permanent advantages for the wealthy elite. They did not. They gave every citizen one vote. They never intended extreme wealth to be used as a weapon to control everything.
The truth is, these sociopaths want to keep us desperate because it makes us so much easier to control! Without it, servants stop taking bribes, victims stop signing NDAs, women stop pretending you have a personality… and your kids start saying they hate you before you die.
If we want to break this cycle—and finally make America work for its people—we must do what we’ve avoided for far too long: End corruption by eliminating money from politics.
Sound unimaginable? For most of history, those with power would have laughed at the very idea of inalienable human rights. And so would most of their slaves. Because those with power have always used propaganda to convince everyone else that our differences were based on something more than luck.
Back in the day, conservatives would have told you that you can’t give people freedom.
It will create anarchy… they said.
You don’t understand how things work… they said.
You can’t change human nature… they said.
Until one day, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” and told the King of England to shove the status quo up his ass.
Then conservatives said, “Fine… but you can’t give women or colored people self-determination.”
It will create anarchy… they said.
You don’t understand how things work… they said.
You can’t change human nature… they said.
Back then, nobody could even imagine an economy without slavery. But then the Union army marched south and shoved the status quo up their ass. And today, we have the greatest economy the world has ever seen.
Are you seeing the pattern? Conservatives may as well change their slogan to: “No, we can’t.” Because if they were graded on predicting the future on a scale of 1 to 20, and each number represented the age of a young girl, let’s just say the correct answer would not yet be old enough for Donald Trump to rape.
Did you know that two years before Pearl Harbor, America’s military ranked behind Portugal and Romania? In 1939, our navy had fewer than 3,000 aircraft. Nobody would have guessed that by 1944, we’d build 96,000 aircraft in a single year, and go on to create the greatest military the world has ever seen.
From the moment JFK announced our intention to reach the moon, it took just eight years to do the unthinkable, all while using a guidance computer less powerful than today’s pocket calculator.
The truth is: conservatives have no fucking idea what America is capable of when we work together!
WE CAN LOWER THE COST OF
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HOME PURCHASING AND OWNERSHIP
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RENT AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
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TAXES (FOR LOWER + MIDDLE CLASS)
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HEALTHCARE AND MEDICATIONS
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QUALITY EDUCATION AND COLLEGE
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DEFENDING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
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CHILDCARE AND BUILDING A FAMILY
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STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS
WE CAN PROVIDE
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MEDICARE FOR ALL
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FREE UNIVERSAL PRE-SCHOOL
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PROTECTION FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
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A GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME
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SAFETY TO WOMEN, LGBTQ+, AND REFUGEES
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IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN POLICY THAT IS BOTH HUMANE AND AMERICA FIRST
- REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR FRAUD & ABUSE
And one day, many years from now… we may even be able to restore the reputation of the Democratic Party. Not just as the party of the American people, but also as the party of real patriots, who criticize their country out of love for its unfulfilled potential — AND real Christians, who worship Jesus instead of a fat stupid pedophile that can’t pronounce Second Corinthians.
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NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF POLICY PROPOSALS
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100% PUBLICLY FINANCED ELECTIONS
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RANKED-CHOICE VOTING (RCV)
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END GERRYMANDERING BY MAKING ALL REDISTRICTING NON-PARTISAN
- MAKE ELECTION DAY A FEDERAL HOLIDAY
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EXPAND VOTE BY MAIL & EARLY VOTING
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AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION
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PROHIBIT ELECTION ADVERTISING PRIOR TO FIVE MONTHS BEFORE AN ELECTION
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MAKE VOTING SECURE AND TRANSPARENT
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OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED, RESTORE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, AND ABOLISH DARK MONEY
- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT STATING THAT MONEY IS NOT A FORM OF SPEECH
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ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY POPULAR VOTE
- PROVIDE STATEHOOD TO DC & PUERTO RICO
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VOTING RIGHTS FOR NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS
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CODIFY RIGHT TO VOTE CONVENIENTLY
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LARGE INCREASE TO VOTING SECURITY FUNDING