• OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    They would have the added benefit of not having another set of oligarchs behind them hoping that this current set of far shittier oligarchs gets removed.

    Bernie doesn’t need the billionaire class, he showed that by the grassroots donors that supported his 2016 campaign.

    If they actually broke off and formed the Solidarity Party that sought to pick the best platforms from both the D and R parties and pursued policies of wealth redistribution and breaking down barriers to a true free market system, they would win.

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      Are there any actual good R platforms? For the last 20 years or so, their platform has basically been, whatever hurts the democrats, or is the opposite of the democrats. I feel like you have to go back pretty far to find R policies that are actually just differences on how we should govern.