I just visited the AFWH website and it's extraordinary. I've sent it to my friends and fellow travelers.
Paul Krugman's piece this morning documented how the Troligarchs are purposely using Trump's erratic oval office decrees to make millions in the stock market via insider trading. Adam Tooze's Chartbook this morning had a piece on the efforts of Troligarchs like Musk (and before his demise, Epstein) to father (literally) a generation of what they believe will be superhumans who will change the course of human history. I am as depressed about the state of things as I ever have been. My wife and I watched a zombie movie last night that made more sense than what we're seeing come out of Washington every day.
Corbin's writings and AFWH give me some hope. And if I have to bet on something working to turn this mess around, this seems as good a bet as any. If it doesn't work, at least I contributed to something I believe in.
Feels very needed in a climate that is increasingly favourable to left-wing challengers. We just need to figure out wider unity, a full movement, and ensuring that those we elect will be willing to take on esstablishment dems as much as our fascist opponents in government.
I believe what’s missing is a unifying platform of problems, ideas, and solutions to rally round and use as candidate filters. Without North Stars, we’re sailing, but who knows where? Trump is good at grievance but not at solutions. We should create a topic-problem-end-state solution- plan grid for education, national security, health, science, climate, taxation, budgeting, environment, race relations, immigration, campaign finance, etc saying, if you are with us or support us or run for us, this is what we’ll do our best to deliver.
We should have major and minor platform items, such as “we believe and will work for and education system that prepares our youth a retraining to succeed in future work and life endeavors. We should not be elevating fringe topics like pushing biological men competing as women as our lead topics. Beside that’s unfair to biological women.
I am donating. I want to see a Democrat talk about AI providing revenue streams to find a new opt-in universal health care system built by AI. A person can choose to keep their digital physiology on a thumb drive from birth that includes their family history, DNA, and every sickness and treatment they've ever had. Then the Dr can load it into his AI platform and instantly be informed about the patients health and more quickly make better diagnosis and treatments. We have to get insurance companies out of the health care business.
The democrats are essentially the neoliberal, Israel supporting arm of the Republican Party. My expression of disgust will be to stop voting for all its incumbents. Trump has done more to damage himself than ANY democrat, even the ones who make self -serving 25 hour speeches or write stern letters to that Orange goon in the White House. I will not vote for anyone currently "serving"...
Yes, let's! Like Ileana de la Torre, below, I have virtually no money to give, but I'll be checking in on the Web site to see what I can do. I agree, we need unification. I always like what you have to say and mostly agree. You bring a fresh point of view that sure makes sense to me. Thanks for what you're trying to do.
To build the working class coalition necessary for the buyback, you have think beyond the Democratic Party. One way to do this is to support candidates in current races who aren’t Democrats, such as Green Party candidates for congressional races (in districts with only corporate Dems running), the governor’s race in CA (Butch Ware), independent candidates like Kshama Sawant in WA, Dan Osborn in NE, even Massie in KY; those who have the guts to actually fight the monied interest control of government. We don’t have the time to wait for a principled primary candidate like Platner to show up in enough Dem primaries to change the Dem leadership paradigm in order to avoid the iceberg. Do that, and we have a shot at the build agenda.
A variation on stock buy-backs that is worth considering is to tax them. When a company buys back its own stock or that of a subsidiary, the government takes, say, 40% of the shares with those shares used to build a sovereign wealth fund such as Alaska has.
Love it. Hope i live to see it.
I just visited the AFWH website and it's extraordinary. I've sent it to my friends and fellow travelers.
Paul Krugman's piece this morning documented how the Troligarchs are purposely using Trump's erratic oval office decrees to make millions in the stock market via insider trading. Adam Tooze's Chartbook this morning had a piece on the efforts of Troligarchs like Musk (and before his demise, Epstein) to father (literally) a generation of what they believe will be superhumans who will change the course of human history. I am as depressed about the state of things as I ever have been. My wife and I watched a zombie movie last night that made more sense than what we're seeing come out of Washington every day.
Corbin's writings and AFWH give me some hope. And if I have to bet on something working to turn this mess around, this seems as good a bet as any. If it doesn't work, at least I contributed to something I believe in.
I'm sorry, Corbin, you can't change the Democratic party. It needs to be replaced with a BRAND NEW PARTY.
Feels very needed in a climate that is increasingly favourable to left-wing challengers. We just need to figure out wider unity, a full movement, and ensuring that those we elect will be willing to take on esstablishment dems as much as our fascist opponents in government.
I believe what’s missing is a unifying platform of problems, ideas, and solutions to rally round and use as candidate filters. Without North Stars, we’re sailing, but who knows where? Trump is good at grievance but not at solutions. We should create a topic-problem-end-state solution- plan grid for education, national security, health, science, climate, taxation, budgeting, environment, race relations, immigration, campaign finance, etc saying, if you are with us or support us or run for us, this is what we’ll do our best to deliver.
We should have major and minor platform items, such as “we believe and will work for and education system that prepares our youth a retraining to succeed in future work and life endeavors. We should not be elevating fringe topics like pushing biological men competing as women as our lead topics. Beside that’s unfair to biological women.
Let's do it. Who do you have in mind?
Onward!
Ok, here's a few words. Good luck and maybe check out The Democracy Collaborative and The Next System for additional support.
I am donating. I want to see a Democrat talk about AI providing revenue streams to find a new opt-in universal health care system built by AI. A person can choose to keep their digital physiology on a thumb drive from birth that includes their family history, DNA, and every sickness and treatment they've ever had. Then the Dr can load it into his AI platform and instantly be informed about the patients health and more quickly make better diagnosis and treatments. We have to get insurance companies out of the health care business.
The democrats are essentially the neoliberal, Israel supporting arm of the Republican Party. My expression of disgust will be to stop voting for all its incumbents. Trump has done more to damage himself than ANY democrat, even the ones who make self -serving 25 hour speeches or write stern letters to that Orange goon in the White House. I will not vote for anyone currently "serving"...
Yes, let's! Like Ileana de la Torre, below, I have virtually no money to give, but I'll be checking in on the Web site to see what I can do. I agree, we need unification. I always like what you have to say and mostly agree. You bring a fresh point of view that sure makes sense to me. Thanks for what you're trying to do.
OK, I'm checking in. Still looking for a way to get more than pat answers on where positions stand.
To build the working class coalition necessary for the buyback, you have think beyond the Democratic Party. One way to do this is to support candidates in current races who aren’t Democrats, such as Green Party candidates for congressional races (in districts with only corporate Dems running), the governor’s race in CA (Butch Ware), independent candidates like Kshama Sawant in WA, Dan Osborn in NE, even Massie in KY; those who have the guts to actually fight the monied interest control of government. We don’t have the time to wait for a principled primary candidate like Platner to show up in enough Dem primaries to change the Dem leadership paradigm in order to avoid the iceberg. Do that, and we have a shot at the build agenda.
A variation on stock buy-backs that is worth considering is to tax them. When a company buys back its own stock or that of a subsidiary, the government takes, say, 40% of the shares with those shares used to build a sovereign wealth fund such as Alaska has.
Evan MacKay and I are working together to take on the corrupt leadership in Massachusetts. Have you looked at Jonathan Paz taking on Rep Clark??
I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.
Wall Street health care will never be affordable.