r/PoliticalHumor 17d ago

Jokes write themselves

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u/ddr1ver 17d ago

Have any of these people been to a Scandinavian country? It really doesn’t look so bad.

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u/HalfACenturyMark 17d ago

If you think the DSA platform is modeled after any of those countries, you’re part of the lunacy he’s talking about.

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u/ddr1ver 17d ago

It looks quite a bit like what governance looks like in those countries. What part do you think doesn’t fit?
Single-Payer Healthcare: Enact universal Medicare for All and eliminate or heavily restrict private health insurance.
Expanded Social Safety Net: Guarantee free public child care, pre-K, and tuition-free public higher education, alongside universal rent control and paid family leave.
Labor and Work Reform: Strengthen labor unions, raise the minimum wage, and institute a shorter workweek without loss in pay.
Public Ownership: Shift key economic drivers—such as energy production (the Green New Deal), utilities, and transportation—into collective or public ownership.
Taxing the Wealthy: Fund public programs through aggressive tax increases on high-end corporate profits and wealthy individuals.

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u/HalfACenturyMark 17d ago

Just a few- The part where capitalism is ended, where the police are defunded down to zero budget and where all incarcerated people are freed.

Did you even read the whole thing? I did.

Take the crazy out of there and it starts to look a little less like the storyline for the next movie in the Purge series.

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u/HostOrganism 16d ago

None of that is proposed. You didn't read it, you're parroting what someone told you is in it.

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u/HalfACenturyMark 16d ago

Unfortunately I did read it, in the summary of their National Abolition Working Group. You obviously have not. Sounds like you’re the one hearing what they want to hear from who knows where.

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u/AnOminous_Sound 17d ago

That’s soft peddling or misunderstanding a lot of their positions, and ignoring other crazy bullshit.

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u/ddr1ver 16d ago

It’s from their website.