• Hegar
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    24 hours ago

    Almost every poll that I’ve seen for ~20 years which asks about policies shows that most left wing positions have at least 50-60% support.

    There was a great study years back from princeton looking at the difference between policy outcomes and public preferences at the time. They concluded the US has been an oligarchy since at least the 70s, since no major policy outcome has matched public opinion.

    The farthest right faction of our elites are currently pulling so far to the right of the population that the flimsy theatre of representation we have now is actually proving a barrier. Republicans wouldn’t be supressing votes if people wanted their ideas.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      14 hours ago

      Left wing positions like Medicare for All or left wing positions like converting all corporations into worker cooperatives?

      • Hegar
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        24 hours ago

        I haven’t seen any opinion polls on abolishing heirarchy yet.

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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          14 hours ago

          Maybe they’ve tried but every call ended with them being called a commie and hung up on.