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Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years

www.theguardian.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years

www.theguardian.com

Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago
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Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a year
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    She’s the past, the present and the future. All hail our socialist queen!

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      No queens no god no masters thank you very much

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      She’s one of the only notable young Democrat leaders. Not hard to see why she gets support. Even bad socialism is better than whatever the fuck we currently have.

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        Even bad socialism is better than whatever the fuck we currently have.

        The economic system where oligarchs use the military industrial complex, insider trading with market manipulation and tariffs to put tax money directly into their pockets?

        It’s beyond just the violations of capitalism. Now it’s just transparent corruption.

        They’ve invented something new. It’s called Crapitalism.

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          They’ve invested something new. It’s called Crapitalism.

          For your consideration, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptocracy

          Orr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism

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            See also: kakistocracy

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            Since 2011, more than $1 trillion has left developing countries annually in illicit financial outflows. A 2016 study found that $12 trillion had been siphoned out of developing economies.[15]

            In a 2011 forensic study of grand corruption cases, the World Bank found the United States was the leading victim of illegal incorporation of entities involved in money laundering schemes.[24] The Department of the Treasury estimates that $300 billion is laundered annually in the United States in violation of US law.[25]

            This kleptocratic financial system flourishes in the United States by illegally abusing the United States’ liberal economic structure for two reasons.

            1. First, the United States does not have a beneficial ownership registry, and kleptocrats take advantage of this privacy benefit.[26]
            2. Second, kleptocrats take advantage of incorporation agents, lawyers, and realtors to unknowingly launder their money.

            Yeah that sounds about right. Probably conservative estimates, to boot.

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              So this is what capitalists mean by “innovation”.

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                Inventing new, clever ways to grift people!

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              First, the United States does not have a beneficial ownership registry, and kleptocrats take advantage of this privacy benefit.

              It was about to but then Trump cancelled it before it came in. Shocker.

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          Corruptism the American way

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          deleted by creator

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        She’s trusted, she’s smart, she’s always 10 steps ahead, and most of all, she’s a GOOD person, and incorruptible. She’s thinking about the people, and she makes it very clear she works for US. I don’'t have to agree with everything she’s for, but that’s okay, she’s still the kind of person I want to see in charge.

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          Why is she incorruptible…? Calling people that seems of dubious wisdom to me 😅 its kinda hard to say whether she’s corruptible until she’s sat in a position of serious power long-term, and generally “incorruptible” isnt a good adjective for humans 😅

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      Let’s wait for perfect instead. That’ll work out wonderfully!

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        The last two years should help people remember … if there’s another vote.

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          I gave up on being happy with election results when Kucinich lost the primary

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      She’s the epitome of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

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      all hail indeed, it can’t come soon enough.

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