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[J @ferehan]

@LaurenWitzkeDE Video on left is less than 20 miles from the teen violence stabbing on the beaches that made national news last week.

[J @ferehan]

@LauraLoomer @SpeakerPelosi @billmaher The American dream should be prioritized for Americans born on American soil.

[Tiffany D. Jackson @WriteinBK]

Forced birth in a country that doesn’t have mandatory maternity leave or universal healthcare…

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Decisions about what to produce and how to use our collective surplus should be democratically determined, rather than controlled by and for the interests of capitalists. The path out of capitalism is economic democracy.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

It doesn't have to be this way. We know, empirically, that when people have democratic control over production, they manage resources more sustainably, meet human needs more efficiently, and distribute surplus more fairly.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

What is more, those who control this system then leverage their profits to manipulate national elections, through campaign finance and advertising, or through outright control over media outlets. Democracy cannot function under these conditions.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Not surprisingly, this leads to perverse results. We have an economy with extraordinary productive capacity, that massively overuses resources, but still fails to ensure that everyone has access to basic goods and services like healthcare, housing, transit and so on.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

When you govern a system like this, it means that production is likely to be organized *not* around meeting human needs, or ecological regeneration, but around maximizing the profits and power of the 1%.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

This is pretty wild, when you think about it. Yes, we have national elections. But when it comes to the economic system, which affects all of our lives and determines our common destiny, it is totally undemocratic. In fact it is literally a plutocracy.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Under capitalism, decisions about what to produce, how to utilize the labour and resources of the nation, and what to do with the surplus that we generate—all of this is controlled overwhelmingly by the 1% who own the majority of corporate shares and pick the directors of firms.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

People often assume there is a natural connection between capitalism and democracy. Sometimes the two concepts are virtually fused together.

I always find this odd, because I value democracy. But there is nothing democratic about capitalism. 🧵

[J @ferehan]

@SethAbramson It all goes back to campaign finance laws and legislation, literally all our problems. All our senators and representatives are working for themselves and their donors, not for us.

[Bess Kalb @bessbell]

The people telling you banning guns won’t make them go away are trying to ban abortion.

[J @ferehan]

@TMZ It all goes back to campaign finance laws and legislation, literally all our problems. All our senators and representatives are working for themselves and their donors, not for us.

[J @ferehan]

@atrupar It all goes back to campaign finance laws and legislation, literally all our problems. All our senators and representatives are working for themselves and their donors, not for us.

[J @ferehan]

@FoxNews It all goes back to campaign finance laws and legislation, literally all our problems. All our senators and representatives are working for themselves and their donors, not for us.

[J @ferehan]

@AndrewYang It all goes back to campaign finance laws and legislation, literally all our problems. All our senators and representatives are working for themselves and their donors, not for us.

[J @ferehan]

@bessbell @gregggonsalves This man is truly the worst, in every possible way. @LeaderMcConnell

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

There should be term limits for members of Congress.

[J @ferehan]

@JimLangevin The call with Rubio on it also ?!SMH 🤦🏼‍♀️ you all need to do better for the American people.