Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · Feb 24 Why capitalism and democracy don’t mix… Me on @oxfamgb.bsky.social Equals Podcast
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Very well said 👏 Thank you Grace! - Kal
Raw capitalism and democracy work. It's when you have liberal expanded interpretation of the constitution which ignores the soul the letter the essence spirit where the British system works better than our supreme court. You may have a point.
It's market tyranny that squeezes the public sphere and gradually gets rid of the remains of social welfare system.It poisons the human relationships,makes it more transactional and calculating.Time and again it has been proved that market utopia has dragged the world into the hell.
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Term limits for Congress to avoid "public service" vultures would help. As well as reinstating some of our corporate protections and a progressive corporate tax hike that would force spending on wages, benefits, and R&D to balance it out with write-offs whilst itemizimg.
The rest were brought up by those people. They've all got working relationships with folks they helped make billionaires. Who in turn made them centimillionaires.
You've got Dems who have been there almost since the Civil Rights Act and have been riding that good guy badge since LBJ told them, "Pass this, and we'll have these DARKIES voting Democrat for the next 100 years.". We've got some Republicans that have been in for just as long.
Capitalism isn't terrible when there are solid anti-trust and monopoly protections, and the state does their job enforcing. The problem is that the current government is too entrenched.