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[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I know we need to partner with everyone who will join us at the ballot… I just do NOT want the policies being reshaped in order to “better attract” the right-wingers - whose gutting of our already laughable social safety net was a key aspect that made so many increasingly desperate Americans far more vulnerable to demagoguery like that which is constantly espoused by figures like Trump.

The real solution is clearly laid out as history has multiple examples to show.

When people can’t meet their base socioeconomic needs, they are more vulnerable to this shit. So raise the baseline standards such that everyone who isn’t a billionaire is far better off - no medical debt, no student debt, affordable rent and housing, job and financial stability, and being able to afford to have a family.

Do NOT do cuts to our already barely-existing social and economic safety nets.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee -3 points 1 month ago

She's not changing, they are.