Protecting Democracy Is Not Emough - 5 Things Americans Must Fight For

[Nanjeanne]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/americans-democracy-healthcare-union-taxes-trump?CMP=share_btn_url]

But protecting democracy is not enough. It is a rearguard action, one that fights against incursions that would transform the United States into an oligarchic state serving special interests. It does not address the needs of the larger public. Fighting for procedures and not substance is insufficient.

Details in the Guardian piece but summarized:

Increase minimum wage

Medicare for all

Right to join union

Increase tax on wealthy

Overturn Citizens United.

Couldn’t agree more!!!

[Scrivener7]

1. Safeguarding Democracy is a good first step, though. Without which none of the others will happen.

[Nanjeanne]

4. Well yes but if Dems dont win elections it will be hard to do that

[Clouds Passing]

2. Invalidate and undo every EO made by that evil clown

[usonian]

3. In a recent email from Bernie:

From Bernie:

People attending rallies in huge numbers are saying
YES to raising the minimum wage,
YES to expanding Social Security,
YES to guaranteeing health care as a human right,
YES to cutting the cost of prescription drugs,
YES to paid family and medical leave,
YES to equal pay for equal work,
YES to more affordable housing,
YES to making childcare and higher education affordable to all,
YES to taking on the existential threat of climate change.

And most importantly they are saying
YES to a government and an economy that works for all of us and not just the billionaire class and the Oligarchs.

[Passages]

5. This has been obvious for a long time.

How we fight for this country's future is not a guessing game. Use the blueprint and be bold, or please get out of the way.