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46. Yes, and there IS a Way Forward--as the editorial concludes

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 06:13 AM

Apr 2025

...Starmer and his minions suggest there’s nothing they can do: wealthy people are already taxed to the max. As private jets and helicopters cross the skies, anyone can see this is nonsense... the gap between the rich and the poor is rougly the same after taxes are levied, suggesting that taxation has no further significant effect on income distribution. How could this possibly be true, when the rich pay higher rates of income tax? It’s because the poor surrender a much higher proportion of their income in sales taxes, such as VAT. So much for no further options. So much for Labour realism.

The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor. However frantically centrist parties avoid the issue, there is no other way

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth

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Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature -- George Monbiot [View all] erronis Apr 2025 OP

Then why don't people turn on the rich? leftstreet Apr 2025 #1

Because all maga gonna be millionaires as soon a tRump gets goobermint out of their way Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #3

"...tRump's regime is the authoritarian goobermint they have always feared..." BoRaGard Apr 2025 #9

Because the rich guy is blaming the immigrants and the women and the woke EdmondDantes_ Apr 2025 #12

No, all rich are not blaming minorities and women JI7 Apr 2025 #26

loved that dress Celerity Apr 2025 #33

Pedantic argument EdmondDantes_ Apr 2025 #42

Technically speaking, people are as likely to go... regnaD kciN Apr 2025 #28

Left-wing populism isn't much better. Self Esteem Apr 2025 #32

Because corporate media (all of it, not just Faux Noise) drmeow Apr 2025 #38

K&r nt Fiendish Thingy Apr 2025 #2

This Implies a Nasty Circularity FrankTC Apr 2025 #4

Well said. And that collapse and demise won't happen pleasantly. Visions of guillotines... erronis Apr 2025 #5

Sort of like watching toddlers playing. Biophilic Apr 2025 #6

As I grow older, I think more often of a scene from a movie... keep_left Apr 2025 #7

For some reason I'd completely forgotten that scene. Biophilic Apr 2025 #8

Could be the reason for Fermi's Paradox. LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #44

Makes sense... keep_left Apr 2025 #45

After he is done in 2028, I don't think people will be hungering for more of Republican crap LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #10

Term limits are for losers. King trump (or his dynasty) will rule forever. erronis Apr 2025 #11

yes, there is that LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #13

Trump will be done in '28 and we will have elections in '26? You're more optimistic than I am. elocs Apr 2025 #40

I think we will have elections in 2026. I don't think Trump will be done himself LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #48

DON'T OVERTHINK IT. The rich and the wannabe Hitlers know which buttons to push. usonian Apr 2025 #14

24/7/365 right wing propaganda news is fueling this concept in a big way. hadEnuf Apr 2025 #15

They aren't "populists." They are demagogues. valleyrogue Apr 2025 #16

They don't even have to be populists to win BaronChocula Apr 2025 #17

Makes me think of victims' acceptance of the abusers in many situations. erronis Apr 2025 #19

And yet Stockholm Syndrome BaronChocula Apr 2025 #27

old enough to remember when Democrats were populists and GOP'ers were globalist pigs. WarGamer Apr 2025 #18

Right wing populism is based on fear as well: fear of change, fear of the unknown, and fear of the other andym Apr 2025 #20

Trump sold himself as a populist by being anti-establishment, that's it. Republicans are not populists. betsuni Apr 2025 #21

It's brainwashing; it's the mass media Mysterian Apr 2025 #22

I didn't know that T.V.s had built-in channels. Thought it was based on the cable provider. erronis Apr 2025 #34

Every brand of smart TV has their own set of streaming channels Mysterian Apr 2025 #37

I guess I'd come at it from a slightly different angle. meadowlander Apr 2025 #23

I really like your explanation. And it's not just education, but the ability to think critically. erronis Apr 2025 #24

There are educated, well to do MAGAs who are hateful and mean people. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #31

You can get a degree without being educated and you can be educated without a degree. meadowlander Apr 2025 #39

Yes the topics you list appear to be quaint relics of yesteryear. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #41

Hear Freaking Hear!! OldBaldy1701E Apr 2025 #47

It doesn't bother them that Elon Musk the wealthiest man in the world JI7 Apr 2025 #25

Author doesn't understand that for Republican voters the wealthy are in the "Us" category, not the "Them." betsuni Apr 2025 #35

LBJ was right alarimer Apr 2025 #29

Here's my version of this ancient truth: Morbius Apr 2025 #43

This is the result of 40 years of grooming by republicans... Bread and Circuses Apr 2025 #30

Why can't everybody just do their own lives? EnergizedLib Apr 2025 #36

Yes, and there IS a Way Forward--as the editorial concludes SorellaLaBefana Apr 2025 #46