• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This argument would carry more weight if people thought those we elect were interested in actually addressing those issues.

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      3 months ago

      Medicare for all and legal weed has been polling at above or around 70% for a few years now. What we want doesn’t translate into laws even with overwhelming support unless it also makes rich people richer. It’s no secret why people don’t trust their representative to represent them, because they don’t.