One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
MLK, A letter from Birmingham Jail 1963
A much better person to quote and something we actually know he wrote.
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There absolutely are. There are a lot of people at the top (not even billionaires) that are making tons of money as the working class suffer.
I mean if you're gonna reply with such little substance just don't reply at all mate.
You know when you think someone is wrong you should probably provide evidence or reason for WHY you think that?
Just saying "wrong" is what Trump does.
If Mamdani loses the general that should be a wake up call to Americans that even the illusion of their democracy is dead. The man behind the curtain isn't even hiding anymore.
Meaning, if Mamdani loses it is only because the full forces of the capitalist class from both of their parties were able win.
You seem to think that there is some major difference between New York and some southern town in Georgia for example. And to many degrees there are. But it's not because the people have fundamentally different wants and goals. The people throughout this country want a good job, a place to live, healthcare, and an end to wars of the empire. The major difference between them is how their concent is manufactured.
The difference isn't in policy or even in politics. The difference is in the ability to break through the existing lies they are distracted by. Racism, xenophobia, queerphobia, etc.
Most working class people in America will be open to progressive policies when they see them actually implemented successfully in major blue cities.
I'm not saying to run as a socialist in Savannah, GA. I'm saying that we do not give away ground. We continue to push for further leftists politicians like Mamdani where we can win. And that will literally shift the entire nations politics.
These are the only wins we can hope for in electoral politics right now. Because by the time we're voting for another president it's going to be to late. The fascist state will have been fully established.
Yeah. We should keep running more milk toast politicians with vague policies like "affordability" or "abundance" (I think that's their new term for more neoliberalism now) that'll show em!
Dude, free busses, rent control, and public grocery stores are not some "far left" policy. They are standard in much of the world.
The Democratic party is the failure that it is today BECAUSE they tried to convince you that democratic socialist policies would not win. They do. Fucking Kentucky has a publicity owned and operated Internet provider. There is nothing radical or far left about Mamdani's policy plans.
The only people that use to drive through there were tourists that put the location in their GPS and then got stuck.
Them and delivery/Uber drivers.
Ugh. The amount of Uber drivers that actually dropped people off in the middle of Pike Plac was infuriating.
Not really. Could be something entirely fine but requiring monthly medication. If you can't afford that. You're fuck.
We have people rationing insulin in this country for Christ sake.
For a lot of people in this country it's hording. But I get what you mean.
I'm talking about the normalization of Islamphobia that followed. Racism towards Arabs in this country has reached the point of 1930s Germany and it's antisemitism.
You not easily recognizing it isn't your fault. But you denying it and playing defense for it is absolutely your fault. Do better.
Because he was a child. Sadly he wasn't even given the chance to grow up and learn what the police really are.
Sure. My point wasn't that. My point is that there are still a not insignificant amount of people that are a part of the professional/managerial class who's material interests align with that of the ruling capitalist class of billionaires.
There is still a portion of "working" people that benefit enough from neoliberalism that they continue to believe that capitalism is a fair system that benefits hard work.