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Read #VanessaWilliamson: `Since the end of the Confederacy, the cult of the “taxpayer” has provided a socially acceptable veneer for racist attacks on #democracy.` https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-austerity-politics-of-white-supremacy
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#NYT Gives ‘Whining’ Megadonors a Platform to Push Harris Against Taxing the Rich
”I’m shocked, shocked, I tell you that Wall Street billionaires and Silicon Valley tech bros are trying to convince a presidential candidate to abandon her commitment to tax them, and using their own alleged brilliance to justify it,” said Morris Pearl, the chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. “I admire their chutzpah in claiming that taxing unrealized capital gains will stifle innovation!”
“Claiming that making a billionaire pay taxes on their second billion will reduce innovation is as absurd as the rooster claiming the sun won’t rise without his crowing,” Pearl added. “The billionaires I know were all highly motivated to earn their first billion. The only thing at stake here is the remarkably fragile egos of billionaires who are on the verge of realizing they might not be saving civilization for anyone, including themselves.”
"With the assistance of big corporate donors, Democrats out-fundraised their opponent by huge margins. After Biden’s victory four years ago, they also had a readymade template for how to defeat him — preaching ambitious social policies and activist government — but bafflingly opted to pursue a rerun of Clinton’s disastrous strategy instead."
Luke Savage: https://novaramedia.com/2024/11/08/democrats-have-only-themselves-to-blame/
@estelle KAMALA DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG. This country is racist and some people would rather be led by Trump and all he stands for than by a woman and especially one of color. Has everyone forgotten how even Democrats in Congress didn’t even support President Obama? STOP BLAMING HER!!
@Dimples
Supporting genocide
Using anti-immigration rethorics
Boasting about the most lethal army in the world
Announcing she would appoint Republicans in her cabinet
Campaigning with widely unpopular Liz Cheney
Nothing wrong really?
In 2024, Trump received 2-3m fewer votes than in 2020; Harris-Biden 13-14m fewer.
Why did so many voters stay home?
There are 140m poor & low-wage adults in the US, "43% of our country":
30% of white ppl
60% of Black ppl
68% of Latino ppl
68% of Indigenous ppl
Everywhere a living wage was on the ballot, Dems won.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/8/william_barber_trump_economic_policy_project2025
(Rephrased from @DrALJONES)
@estelle Trump beat Harris the same way he beat Clinton, with a concerted Big Lie campaign about the economy. The Catholic Church also turned Catholic men, who had been Biden's edge,, against her.