Tell the truth. All republican (especially TSF and all those that wish to be more like him) indiscretions need to be described and amplified repeatedly. What giant corporations are doing against consumers and their workers needs to be hammered home daily. Things like wage theft, worker exploitation, refusal to pay a living wage, efforts to curtail overtime pay, little to no paid sick leave, little to no paid maternity leave, price gouging, price fixing and collusion, etc. Billionaires, also, who want for nothing no longer enjoy their money, they are controlled by it. Instead of contributing more to have a decent livable society they actively seek more and more money for themselves and more control.
Yet, Democratic politicians keep trying to manage this balancing act of catering to big business and billionaires because they feel they need them and their money to run a successful campaign while also trying to appeal to average working people who are being squeezed to no end at every turn in their lives. You can't protect the money and also tell the people you have their backs at the same time and expect it to register with everyday people. Especially those that receive their information from dubious sources.
You also cannot placate a few dozen or hundred billionaires in the richest country on the planet on the backs of hundreds of millions of people. A clear line must be drawn. A Democratic politician must have no fear in advocating that the lives of all Americans deserve to live their one and only lives in a decent, productive society with safety nets in place for later in life living and the unforeseen. In other words, we should strive to make sure our standard of living and quality of life are better today than they were yesterday and second to none.
This is achievable but, in this age of where corporations and billionaires taking over every facet of our lives on a daily basis it would be an uphill battle... for awhile. They've taken over national MSM and that also must be addressed. Not by telling people that they're bad for watching Fox News, tell them that Fox News is bad for lying to and manipulating them. And bring the receipts. No holds barred and no holding back. All lies and propaganda must be called out and refuted immediately (a small dig at you, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash on CNN). We also need to create more channels on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, etc. And Rachel Maddow needs to be louder.
Our country will not survive a society based on anger and fear of 'those people' that are different. Everyone's different. Racism, bigotry, outright hatred of other cultures and especially women is not tenable. It never has been and it never will be. If we have to fight then we need to be loud, in their face and with the strongest spines we've ever had. Can't wait four years. The time is now.
(Sorry for being so long winded. Just had to get that off my chest and vent - Thanx!)
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