Democrats are finding it increasingly difficult to connect with Latino voters — especially Cubans, who associate left-wing politics with the communism that tore their country apart. Jesus Maria Alvarez reports on the deep rifts within his community in the battleground state of Florida
Ill leave arguing history. Smarter people than me can do that.
And just say that your last paragraph I agree to. I’m in my 40s and understand the sentiment all too well. I have the luxury that I own a house… but this was only possible because of the economic crash and subsequent fuckery with the interest rates which opened up a window for me and my wife where we where able to buy at the lowest house prices and with an interest rate equally low. For the rest I see everything you say and agree. I worry for people my age and younger as it seems to be getting worse.
That’s actually a wise position
Ok, that’s nice. My proposal is to have strong worker movements, and by nature worker movements are very leftist. Wanting to lower working hours, higher pay, higher vacation, higher working conditions… all of those are conditions of the left. I also think that a majority of the population wants extended healthcare and education for free, public pensions, and access to affordable, quality housing. From what I see and what I read, the people pushing for that the strongest are the ones on the leftmost side of the political spectrum. Would you agree with that?
Absolutely. I think the billionaire class has been hoarding all the wealth at the expense of everyone else and that needs to be adressed.
Rutger Bergmans said it best at Davos. All these rich people doing philanthropy with a fraction of their wealth, paying big salaries from their charities to the people that run them, helping people they think are worhy. While systems to reach those most in need are already in place. Pay your taxes! Then we can finance social services like healthcare, education, psychological help, addiction treatment, housing, emergency services, social services, childcare and more… much more. We could even invest in poorer countries to help them get over the hump that they are stuck behind… and not in a “white man knows best” way, or let’s transfer a large sum of money to the dictator of the day… actual help (how and what I’ll leave to smarter people yet again).
The market can take case of all things people can choose, but stuff everyone needs or you cannot choose should be handled by the government or at the very least be very very well regulated. Also the free market needs to be regulated to make sure they don’t end up poisoning us or something.
I fully agree with all you’re saying in your second paragraph. My whole point is that, historically, this sort of progress isn’t achieved by voting, but by organized worker action through unionizing and strikes.