It's all the same oligarchy pulling the strings
When healthy people are angry they use healthy coping skills to deescalate and then approach the conversation in a calm and rational way. Regardless of whether this is a full-blown mental illness or not, assuming this was really her reaction, something is not okay.
This is not gaslighting, but it is odd.
What would have happened if you had just said "sorry I'm really busy with work today and won't be able to meet you at the drop off"?
If this would cause her to act the same way, then there's something wrong. Maybe she recently did a true crime binge and is feeling insecure about her safety? Or maybe she's showing signs of mental illness. If you guys are in your early 20s, that's when schizophrenia typically shows up, and can definitely have some paranoia to it. But, you'd need to get a professional to diagnose something like that.
If it wouldn't cause her to act like this, then she's probably just pissed you didn't do what you said you would do. Maybe you have a track record of this kind of behavior and she's starting to get tired of it?
It's almost like the political systems of every country on earth are being bought by the same fascist oligarchy.
Yes, but you were probably born into a world where you actually have to interact with the peasants... If you hadn't been, then it's unlikely you've ever really had to come into contact with them in any way other than being their boss or hero. In that case, everyone you know and actually interact with (and consider to be a real person) already has all their needs met. And if you ever choose to lower yourself to work at all, it's just for the friendly competition with your economic peers to see who can hoard the most.
Honestly, most rich people are nepo rich, and probably have no idea how the majority of people live because they've literally never had a real interaction with anyone who's not also a nepo baby.
Well if we could do that, then all that's left is a government that serves the will of the people (assuming we still have a democracy). So in that case, the bigger the government the better.
Although in reality, I don't think we'd need nearly as big a government to fully serve the will of the people if corporations weren't mucking things up.
Maybe we should switch to a single term limit... That way the president never has to be distracted by campaigning.
Still would be nice to see the results if they had been included.
Gen z and millennials are far more progressive than Gen x or boomers. The "swing vote" this election is going to be young people... And they want a progressive candidate to get excited about or they are unlikely to show up enough to defeat Trump.
It doesn't necessarily have to be Bernie, any true progressive will do... Bernie just has the most name recognition.
Gotcha... I disagree, I think we need to eliminate corporate control of government
People staying home historically effects Democrats far more than Republicans. That's why Dems win when people are excited about a candidate and more people actually show up.
I would have loved to see the results if they had included any progressive possibilities in there... especially Bernie.
Okay, but if we do this, we're gonna need the whole rest of the world to stand against the US and decide to fight against our corrupt government. It'll suck for us, but let's be honest, we've had it coming. Some of us are willing to sacrifice to make the world a better place. Probably a good idea to all stand against Russia and China too... Everyone just stand together against the 3 big bullies... Deal?
It's not that Biden is old, it's that he's senile... Bernie is sound of mind, has the national name recognition, and is wildly popular
With national name recognition and wildly popular policy plans
Nazis are people... They're just shitty people... It's important not to allow dehumanization of anyone
Yeah... We're all going to vote for him if he's the nominee... But he's still going to lose... That's the point, the point progressives have been making all along. BIDEN. WILL. LOSE. Like the sun will rise in the east, it's just a fact of nature. They need to nominate someone who will get Gen z excited to come out, so at least there's a chance of stopping Trump.
What if we ended all taxes on individuals, and just charged the cost of society to the corporations?
This idea has been kicking around in my head for a while, and I'm hoping some Lemmy geniuses can poke holes/ flesh it out with me.
Every person I've ever heard of works for and gets paid by some form of company. So instead of the company paying the workers and then those workers getting taxed, why not just tax it all to the corporations to begin with? Instead of hundreds of millions of individuals to think about, the IRS (in US) could just focus on a few million companies.
We the people democratically decide what we think is needed for a functioning society, and charge it to the corporations.
I'd say each company should be responsible for paying the same percentage of the bill as percentage of total "profits" they made. Like, if Apple makes 10% of all the combined profits of all the companies this quarter, they are responsible for paying 10% of the bill. Highest paid employee can make 10x what the lowest paid employee (including contracted and foreign workers) makes; more than that gets included in the calculation as part of the company's "profits". (So that CEO can still get paid absurd amounts of money, but the company will still pay taxes on most of it)
What if we created some sort of secure opinion/voting app where people go to cast their vote on whatever people think needs to be voted on. Should there be UBI? Should it be a token, living, or thriving wage? (Personally, I'd go with thriving and tie it to inflation) Single payer healthcare? All education paid for? Stop funding genocide? No more polluting the planet, or at least force companies to pay to clean up their own messes? When and where are companies allowed to market to us? Where should the threshold of agreement be to enact changes, 40% 50%+1 60%? Etc etc
Then we elect people who agree to simply enact what the people democratically agree on... And if the people don't agree, they'll stay away from it or leave it to the states. And hopefully someday we could build it out so that state and local governments work this way too.
I think we get bogged down on the 2 or 3 things we disagree on and allow that to mean we never get the things we DO agree on. Let's get the things we agree on first, and then continue debating the things we disagree on.
Also I think this would be a long term plan. 12 years would give us 2 full election cycles here in the US and would give zoomers time to grow up, settle, and start to really vote (hopefully with this new system).
Anyway, like I said, let's poke holes and figure out solutions. Thanks