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PatrickforB

(15,543 posts)
4. Yep. We will have to dismantle the whole thing to get rid of the corporate corruption and rebuild
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:56 AM
May 22

a system using blockchain to ensure transparency and honest dealing.

Raise taxes on the billionaire parasites and corporations, end Citizens United, reverse Dobbs, get rid of the filibuster to ensure a functional senate, re-district the entire country state by state, and hold extensive trials to clear the Epstein files and for Trump and his minions who have been utterly corrupt. We also need to clean house on this market manipulation Trump is doing with his cronies, dismantle the concentration camps, free the immigrants.

Pass a sane immigration law that takes into account the humanity of the immigrants.
Reinstate the Voting Rights Act in its entirety.
Dismantle the Supreme Court and appoint new justices WITH TERM LIMITS.
Clean house in the Judicial system and try corrupt judges like Aileen Cannon.
Change corporate governance to a stakeholder approach instead of a shareholder primacy one - and add a clause for truth in news reporting to act as a new Fairness Doctrine.

We also need to assess the need for data centers. They are parasitical and silly me, I need water for drinking, washing and growing food.

That would be a start. There is MUCH more and we need REAL TRIALS and REAL SENTENCES for these criminals. Many are speaking of guillotines. I am not, but I want MY tax dollars that I pay in to MY government, which is supposedly of, by and for the people, to go for:

1. Medicare for all Americans.
2. Free tuition in college and grad school.
3. Childcare subsidies.
4. A guaranteed minimum income.
5. Dramatic cuts to the MIC, the prison-industrial complex, and the political industrial complex.

We don't need these complexes. They have been calling the shots at our expense for way too fucking long.

We're gonna have to rethink a WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF, because things cannot continue as they have since the turn of this century.

This is not radical left either. That's bullshit. Government governs at the sufferance of the people. And this government is so corrupt it cannot even function.

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Your post helped crystallized my thinking - along similar lines to yours. NewHendoLib May 22 #1
Right there with you Tree Lady May 22 #5
I completely understand. We all need to take a break from time to time. Grim Chieftain May 22 #2
Amen to your four points. Ilsa May 22 #3
Yep. We will have to dismantle the whole thing to get rid of the corporate corruption and rebuild PatrickforB May 22 #4
Democracy or billionaires -- you can only choose one. nt eppur_se_muova May 22 #6
And elected leaders cannot serve two masters. sop May 22 #27
DUDE, Sorry I am late to the show. I have hung around here for a long time and never really felt state of stupid May 22 #7
very well expressed! PuraVidaDreamin May 22 #21
You expressed yourself beautifully Grim Chieftain May 22 #22
You expressed yourself better than I could express myself. Katinfl May 22 #28
Dude, you said it pretty well there. You get better with practice... Wounded Bear May 22 #34
from this post alone, I think you do just fine expressing yourself Skittles May 22 #46
Thanks for letting us know dweller May 22 #8
... alwaysinasnit May 22 #9
I quit for a whole day. usonian May 22 #10
I try to quit Bettie May 22 #32
I use DU and Hacker News as my news aggergators, but it takes real skimming skills. usonian May 22 #36
We love you, angrychair. ❤️ littlemissmartypants May 22 #11
Peace and a happy respite. LuvLoogie May 22 #12
So long. Thanks for the fish. NNadir May 22 #13
Nice Hitchhiker reference... Wounded Bear May 22 #35
you don't need to cut and run Skittles May 22 #14
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"Democrat party", eh? Tanuki May 22 #17
".. Echo Chamber.." lol Du Cha May 22 #20
What's the Democrat Party? Which country is it in? rpannier May 22 #18
I don't need to read DU when Murphy Brown is rerunning nightly BigmanPigman May 22 #16
Take time. Renew. But know that you speak for many here. pat_k May 22 #19
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I wish you'd stick around, but I get it Bettie May 22 #24
It's hard, so be kind to yourself. Peace out to you too! Passages May 22 #25
Peace 🙏 surfered May 22 #26
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I come here to express outrage at what Trump and his henchmen are doing to this country. It's cathartic. sop May 22 #29
When I think of you I think you stole Clint Eastwood's chair bucolic_frolic May 22 #30
Completely understand. Ferrets are Cool May 22 #31
It is sad that your thoughts are considered radical.. haele May 22 #33
Gonna miss your posts angrychair......peace, love, and thanks. a kennedy May 22 #37
I agree with your thoughts wholeheartedly Catlady123 May 22 #38
We are not the radical ones. We are the sane ones. These are actions of the sane..... Clouds Passing May 22 #39
Just take a break - TBF May 22 #40
Good luck. It's definitely good to take breaks or find some place that fits you more now EdmondDantes_ May 22 #41
I take breaks all the time Quiet Em May 22 #42
You're not alone. (nt) Duncan Grant May 22 #43
Be well, be happy as able, mahina May 22 #44
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The defenders of Israel's genocidal rampage through Gaza Sewa May 23 #48
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