Hard disagree, his interruptions were because they weren’t addressing his question.

More political theater as nothing changes for American people.

Out here pumping out more SW memes than I have in the last two weeks.

YoU wOuLdN’t StEaL a CaR!

You would prefer urban sprawl? Humans gotta live somewhere, density is ecologically the best way to do it.

That typically qualifier went right over your head Mr. Literal.

Democrats placating political energy instead of fostering it is what led to Trump in the first place. More of the same does nothing to diminish that threat.

He needs to address the fact that all the green energy stimulus going to EVs has gone to non-union plants and rectify the situation immediately. That has been a huge blow to UAW.

Rank and file stand on a picket line because withholding their labor is their political power. Biden has power to put forth policy to improve working people’s lives, standing on a picket line without action is just a photo op.

When a union is at the bargaining table where does their power come from? Does their power come from who they send to negotiate?

Part of the decline in union power has been the idea that union leadership, who they are and their abilities to negotiate, is what wins good contracts. This idea justifies inflated salaries which then leads to union leadership living in a class above the rank amd file members they should represent. This entire concept is referred to as business unionism.

The truth is the power of the union at the negotiating table is their ability to withhold their labor. The rank and file members hold the power, the elected leader is just a representative. Closed door negotiating delegitimizes the true power of the union which is why business owners have sold you the concept that it delegitimizes the negotiations.

Business unionism needs to die in the current labor movement.

It really sucks that it’s become so commonplace for union leadership to hold closed door negotiations. Union members should be present and reporting back to fellow members on just what is on the table for the union as a collective to be on board with or fired up against.

Democratic centralism.

Don’t call Krugman an elitist though, it hurts his feewings.

And right there nuzzled into the last two sentences it is. NYT telling us how wonderful the economy is, just look at these statistics! Let’s not consider how much of folks income goes to housing and food, NYT just wants to talk about the economy in broad strokes because all the profits from squeezing you plebs looks great on this graph.

I can do you one better mate. What if we just talk about doing it so they stop mass transit infrastructure.

Thank god we live in a capitalist society, so we can InOvAtE. Right guys! Guys?

I haven’t watched Picard, but I assume the finale is a Qwedding.

I was just having a conversation about how in western regimes we have a two party system that uses each side to place blame on failures of the state. China as a one party government doesn’t have that sort of fail safe built in.

Wild with all those examples you still think you’re using it correctly.

Marginalized people are poor folk who live in hunger in a world where we are fully capable of feeding them, all in the name of capitalist profits. Marginalized people are women seeking abortion care in underground clinics because it’s easier to oppress them once they are trying to take care of a child. Fuck man I could go on and on about ACTUAL Marginalized groups. Immigrant communities whose labor is exploited and then vilified in the media.

It’s appalling you would use the term in regards to a bunch of rich people cosplaying as bohemian hippies to go party in the desert. You’re understanding of who goes to BM is two decades outdated. Thanks for the honest reply though that shit is too funny, gonna try to get it to the front page.