We bailed out the banks but we’re not prepared to bail out the planet

Re:We bailed out the banks but we’re not prepared to bail ou... by K0balt on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:46PM (#36933895)

The real problem is that banks, the 0.01%, and megacorporations have effective rights and representation in government, but the people, as in the Spanish word “pueblo” do not.

Short of eliminating FPP voting and overhauling campaign finance and government-industry revolving doors, (which we should do but will not because the current issues are a feature, not a bug, for the people in control) we need some kind of a people’s mega-PAC to wield effective power in the government and restore some sense of actual democratic control.

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Re:We bailed out the banks but we’re not prepared to bail ou... by pmulard on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:04PM (#36934120)

I keep thinking about what a people’s mega-PAC could look like, but I get stumped every time. The US is designed for corporations to easily be the best way of organizing people together, due to the incentives (make profit).

We need to figure out a way to organize people together in different ways, so they can get a seat at the table. The closest I can come up with are unions, but they struggle enough just to exist. Non profits and charities work (they make money), but they are corporation adjacent.

Hopefully technology can make this possible. Imagine a people’s PAC, where participants pool $10 a month to fund it.

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Re:We bailed out the banks but we’re not prepared to bail ou... by panick21_ on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:27PM (#36934378)

And yet it was the broad people in Germany who successfully destroyed nuclear power.

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Re:We bailed out the banks but we’re not prepared to bail ou... by K0balt on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:26PM (#36938507)

Yeah, governance is a fickle thing. No easy answers afaik.

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