Bastard - Hackdot

Re:Bastard by mrlonglong on Sunday November 01, 2026 @05:40AM (#50324344)

It's time the world got together and dealt with the billionaires for once and all.

Banning them from politics would be a good start.

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Re:Bastard by verdverm on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:38AM (#50326659)

Occupy Oligarchy! We are the 99%!

Citizens United was one of the worst SCOTUS decisions for democracy. It's not just the billionaires though, politicians have gerrymandered themselves into permanent seats. They pick their voters, completely backwards.

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Re:Bastard by mrlonglong on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:28AM (#50327111)

We need kinder politics, that's for sure.

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Re:Bastard by verdverm on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:39AM (#50327210)

check out some Michael Sandel, this is central to his thesis, and comes from being around all walks of life. We self segregated by wealth and politics, no longer seeing how others live or hearing how they think, IRL

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Re:Bastard by znpy on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:38PM (#50328352)

Can’t wait to see bill gates stopped from telling me what to do! /s

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