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  • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Americans and socialism
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    3 minutes ago

    And I greatly appreciate work like yours. I believe we need to do both. There are people who will be easier to convince if you use those magic words because that’s what works for them. There are others who will be easier to convince if use more maga-friendly terms. The important part is that bills like that need to be introduced in the correct way.

    It is possible, as an American citizen to draft and propose a bill to your senator with a petition to your fellow man. We need to go convince people, in whichever works for that particular individual, to sign these petitions for bills that will help them. We need to convince them to vote for them in whatever ways will get them to do so. But we need to draft those bills carefully and ensure they get shot down if they get twisted in the chambers.

  • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Americans and socialism
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    7 minutes ago

    I don’t disagree with you, in general. This is why I like the two-pronged focus of my plan. I don’t wanna just go and propose bills and convince people to be socialists. I’ve been going around spreading the word of food co-ops and non-profit/expense-sharing apartments (but not the same way that section 8 and whatnot work). You can feel free to poke through my account a bit to see some of that.

    If you still find an issue with this line of thinking definitely let me know so I can try to adjust the strategy

  • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Americans and socialism
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    10 hours ago

    I realize my other comment didn’t actually properly answer your concern. You are right about this being the equivalent of minimum wage. However, the meaning of wages have changed since the time when those laws were made. We don’t need companies to prove they can pay their people for today, because we have technology that lasts hundreds of years if properly maintained. We need them to prove they are economically viable forever.

  • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Americans and socialism
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    11 hours ago

    You’re absolutely right. However, if you use the right magic words you can convince them that it will be good for them. Constituents will be happy because their bills will be guaranteed to be paid by their company, and investors will be happy because they can look at a company and instantly see whether they can make money off it. It just so happens that politicians tend to be into the same things as investors

  • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Americans and socialism
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    11 hours ago

    No no, you just have to use the right ones that they like. The “magic words” so to speak. Investors really like “economic viability” because it means they can instantly look at a company and see if they can make money off it. Politicians just so happen to be interested in a lot of the same things as investors for some reason.

  • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Americans and socialism
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    18 hours ago

    I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how to rephrase socialist ideals as capitalist bills for the sake of America.

    I want to propose a “Proof of Economic Viability Bill” somewhere if I can find the right influence point.

    Basically, financial advisors suggest that people should pay no more than 30% of their income towards living expenses. Knowing that the vast majority of Americans only have income from their primary job, this means that any business should be expected to pay no less than 30% of their income, evenly divided across the entire workforce (cart pusher to CEO), as a “living expense allotment” to prove they can afford to pay their workers enough to live and stay afloat. This will push out companies who are doomed to fail because of a lack of available workforce, allowing more economically viable options to reign king.

    Edit to add: you can make this sound a little nicer to the maga crowd by telling them they can reduce wages by doing this. I don’t necessarily care that you’re paying minimum wage as long as you can afford to put your worker in a home and fill their stomach.