Pro Democracy

@ProDemocracy
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Democracy is the fundamental principle upon which the USA is built upon. Let’s keep working on it.

Joe Biden gave an important speech today about MAGA fascism, but this was the most crucial line:

"Democracies don't have to die at the end of a rifle. They can die when people are silent, when they fail to stand up or condemn threats to democracy. When people willing to give away what's most precious to them because they feel frustrated."

#Fascism has always been unpopular. It can only win when the majority gives up in disgust. Don't let the bastards grind you down.

h/t @atrupar

@dgar it’s so true . . . . yet any such message on social media attracts a slew of sheeple and bots supporting policies to further increase wealth inequality.

“It is part of a larger anti-democratic power grab that threatens our democracy by ensuring one-party rule, no matter the outcome of elections.”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/republicans-mitch-mcconnell-1980s-breaking-democracy.html

The Republican Plan to Make Voting Irrelevant

Unchecked, this will make the act of voting a Potemkin exercise and upend the very concept of representative government.

Slate

By the way, a tax of up to 5% on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise $1.7 trillion/year.

That would be enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty and fund a global plan to end hunger.

We can't afford NOT to tax the rich.