WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money anymore

Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by Clubber on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:09AM (#25942901)

The only way things will change, I'm convinced, is for everybody to vote out the incumbent every time. Occupy Wall Street didn't work, riots and looting wealthy areas didn't work, raiding the capitol building didn't work. The corruption is dug in.

Voting out the incumbent breaks all these decades long (multi-generational?) relationships with the elites. They will probably reform the relationships to a degree the first time, but if congressional membership dramatically changes every 2 years, those relationships will weaken over time.

To whomever disagrees, please help me understand your reasoning.

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Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by pjc50 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:34AM (#25943408)

The lesson from Trump is that blindly going against the incumbent may simply replace them with somebody less competent and more corrupt.

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Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by Clubber on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:40AM (#25943524)

So then we just have to live with a police state and a corrupt government that redistributes wealth up? I mean I don't see an alternative. We're in a really bad place.

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