“Lawmakers are divided on new voting restrictions.” This sounds so neutral, right? Oh, just a healthy debate among professionals. But let’s be honest—those “restrictions” are about disenfranchising voters, mostly Black and brown communities.
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Language shapes how we perceive the world, and those in power exploit this to maintain control. By reframing sanitized terms like 'lobbying' as 'bribery' or 'elites' as 'parasites,' we expose the truth behind these euphemisms and reclaim the narrative for meaningful change.
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On pragmatic voting and Ranked Choice.
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I’ve been gone a bit!! After the last posts I started a huge push to craft holiday gifts for my family (a ton of awesome leather items!!) and then went into winter depression/hibernation mode. Back at it! So, let’s shit on capitalism, because we haven’t done that enough already. Capitalism’s evolution from a system with some semblance of general welfare for employees to one obsessed with short-term gains and stock prices is a revealing tale of priorities, power, and systemic shifts. Let’s dive into this transformation and dissect the factors behind it. The Golden Age of Capitalism: Post-War Prosperity After World War II, capitalism in many Western countries, particularly the…
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Okay, but how in the heck do we get on at least the same foundation regarding climate change?
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This one is probably the most important in the long run. I’m going to extremely simplify what’s been going on with education in our nation. This is not everything, but it highlights key points as to what’s been happening. Why Public Schools Need Our Support Public schools are important for everyone. But some groups want to take money and help away from public schools and give it to private schools instead. A Look Back in Time After a big court decision called Brown vs. Board of Education, some people didn’t like the idea of kids of all colors going to school together. It sounds crazy, but it really has been…
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Hey everyone, let’s dive into something that could make a big change: Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). You might wonder, “Why is this so important?” Well, some powerful people are even trying to stop it before it starts. For example, there’s a law in Ohio (SB137) that’s being discussed just to block RCV! Want a quick intro? Check out this video. It’s under 5 minutes and is literally enough of a rundown for anyone to get the gist. I’m really letting this video do all the heavy lifting on this post because there’s no reason at all for me to rehash what can told here. Here’s why RCV is a game-changer:…
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I will preface this again – I’m not a researcher and am only trying to present what I think are some of the biggest pillars progressive-minded individuals can set up a whole camp under. Like an indoor market, we can all set up stalls of issues/actions important to our personal selves, but need overarching goals to rally under that we’re all working toward. The left in this nation aren’t in as much disarray as the right in what they’re working toward, but the lack of direction and leaders dying of old age in office shows that there’s a complete lack of care and foresight in fostering progressive agendas that continue…
