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[-] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

Making election day a holiday probably won't have the effect you're hoping for.

Best case: Almost everybody goes to work as usual. A few of them get a pay differential for working the holiday.

Worst case: Holiday means holiday. We'll give all bus drivers the day off to vote -- and hope the bus riders live within walking distance of their polling location.

[-] eatthecake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In Australia we use local primary schools as voting places. I have always walked to vote.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 3 points 1 year ago

Also lots of people do work on election day, we offer heaps of time to vote before the day if you can’t get off for an hour to vote.

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[-] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think the actions on this list would improve economic conditions for the middle class.

I’ll just say if prostitution is legalized, then there needs to be something that ensures that someone isn’t coerced into it somehow, or sex trafficked into it.

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[-] smb@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

eh.. is there a reason why "abolish slavery" happens to NOT be on that list? i'ld put it right on top!

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[-] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It has no chance of becoming a reality without the help of moderates and liberals who have made it very clear they would rather lose to MAGA than compromise with leftists and progressives.

People have yet to acknowledge the first implications of this. If we believe the numbers of progressives and leftists are growing there will come a time when we begin winning primaries but will lose general elections consistently because moderates and liberals suddenly won't "vote blue no matter who". Which means fascism isn't just a possibility, it's guaranteed.

If moderates and liberals don't make different choices there's nothing we can do.

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[-] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow man you must be reading my mind. Was actually working on a website to do something like this with civil discussion. There are a ton of things missing to this list but it's a good base line.

Edit: website will include the milestones required to complete each change including why important and potential impact, negative and positive, and difficulty of task.

[-] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 4 points 1 year ago

No. You keep treating the symptoms.

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You shouldn’t say that without adding what you mean by that, so please share your thoughts. Pretty please?

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[-] TetraVega@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

What's the root cause?

[-] farsinuce@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you for this approximate description of most Nordic countries.

[-] noisefree@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can you explain what you mean by this?

Collateral for loan is realized gain

Functionally how would that work? Maybe I'm being obtuse here, but it sounds like a Catch-22.

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Are you trying to fix systemic problems of government structure or pass laws? They are different things.

[-] Spendrill@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You could pay for a whole bunch of that with a Land Value Tax.

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Again, replace the senate with proportional representation. Bicameral legislatures work, there's no reason to be rid of the senate. Just give it a purpose beyond "you represent a state". Expand the senate to 600 seats, National votes for party reps, 0.5% threshold to gain a seat, 6 year terms, rotate every two years. Then we'll get actual third parties into office, which will break up the two party strangle hold.

[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Writing "Abolish PACs and lobbying" implies reverting Citizens United v FEC so you probably don't need a separate list item for it

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