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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
60. 78% of Americans report being economically comfortable to well off.
Tue May 24, 2022, 07:11 AM
May 2022

That's a reality to first protect and then to build on.

Voters need to take the Hippocratic oath: First, do no harm.

We need to elect rational people with realistic world views who are able to identify and protect both what's working for hundreds of millions and what is not and to develop and implement real answers to real problems. Competent people.

Not everyone who runs for office is. Some very caring people don't -- can't -- have a realistic and competent understanding of their world or its problems, and even sometimes of right and wrong.

So I have a very different reaction to this. Everyone who voted for this "sky is falling" woman would be responsible for whatever she did with the power. And we're seeing the kind of things that elevating cognitively and morally incompetent people to power leads to. Among many, we now have a critical, life threatening baby formula shortage -- in the U.S.A.!!! This could not happen if voters did their job even a little better, and worse is not an option.

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This campaign ad! HOLY SHIT YES! [View all] AntivaxHunters May 2022 OP
She's probably ahead of the curve... Tom Rinaldo May 2022 #1
I love her idea of occupying homes AntivaxHunters May 2022 #2
I do too. And she understands how effective mass direct action forces the system to "catch up" Tom Rinaldo May 2022 #4
Ask for the moon and settle for the stars. LakeArenal May 2022 #10
I think the moon is closer...and we can lasso it. Bluethroughu May 2022 #63
She's asking for what other industrialized nations have granted Bluethroughu May 2022 #64
Yes I realize that. Her road is tough and corporations aren't people in other countries. LakeArenal May 2022 #74
They are not people here either, the Constitution asks all people Bluethroughu May 2022 #76
So Citizens United has no influence here? LakeArenal May 2022 #80
Of course it does, it needs to be overturned, Bluethroughu May 2022 #83
Yes, yes, yes. Magoo48 May 2022 #3
KNR niyad May 2022 #5
That's exactly... 2naSalit May 2022 #6
A politician that speaks my "native language"... ret5hd May 2022 #7
Example: Eyeball_Kid May 2022 #8
MY FOLKS!!! Samrob May 2022 #9
I'd like it better without the 'f' word. Great idea. sinkingfeeling May 2022 #11
Granny raised me same way, so I said "Petunia" or "Fudge". Then I married an ex sailor txwhitedove May 2022 #35
I think house takeovers would be a white folks solution. LakeArenal May 2022 #12
Yep strategically whites would be at lesser risk. But all would benefit from the political aftermath Tom Rinaldo May 2022 #15
This. I don't have the enthusiasm for this that others in the thread seem to. Scrivener7 May 2022 #25
She inthewind21 May 2022 #46
Recommended. H2O Man May 2022 #13
wow bdamomma May 2022 #14
Nice sentiment but I wouldn't hold my breath on her getting elected johnnyplankton May 2022 #16
I haven't seen the MSM cover her at all AntivaxHunters May 2022 #19
There are thousands of candidates who make it on the ballot. The media doesn't cover most of them... brooklynite May 2022 #69
Or perhaps AntivaxHunters May 2022 #70
I'm citing the Post because that's the kind of story that'll get run.... brooklynite May 2022 #72
Seriously inthewind21 May 2022 #47
She's in my district! RainCaster May 2022 #17
I'm 79, and I would vote for her if I lived in her district. planetc May 2022 #18
More inclined to see this as a solution in a bank foreclosed home. alphafemale May 2022 #20
There's more empty houses AntivaxHunters May 2022 #21
Agreed, but... cab67 May 2022 #29
We need a massive expansion of Section 8 AntivaxHunters May 2022 #38
Then why stop at vacanat houses? SickOfTheOnePct May 2022 #39
Is your home bank owned? AntivaxHunters May 2022 #41
I have a mortgage SickOfTheOnePct May 2022 #42
You know exactly what I mean AntivaxHunters May 2022 #43
WOW inthewind21 May 2022 #48
Ha ha Squim, Forks and Bremerton. plimsoll May 2022 #22
Nope, sorry to differ on that idea but I have experience with what she is proposing. Escurumbele May 2022 #23
Sorry but it does work AntivaxHunters May 2022 #40
by "[getting] over 200 housed..." cab67 May 2022 #45
Watch the video inthewind21 May 2022 #52
It doesn't really answer the question. cab67 May 2022 #56
She only said "unoccupied homes", not forclosed. Having said that, there was a sign that said Yorkie Mom May 2022 #57
And... AntivaxHunters May 2022 #58
Across all generations, the down payment seems to be the biggest obstacle to buying. RicROC May 2022 #65
This message was self-deleted by its author inthewind21 May 2022 #50
Better Question inthewind21 May 2022 #51
Right? CrackityJones75 May 2022 #53
Housing is a regional issue IronLionZion May 2022 #24
I actually don't think it's a great campaign ad. thesquanderer May 2022 #26
I don't get how this would work FakeNoose May 2022 #27
Lack of utilities was my first thought. panader0 May 2022 #44
They don't have utilities in a tent either CrackityJones75 May 2022 #54
So their waste just piles up in the toilet? BlackSkimmer May 2022 #55
Does the vacant property get mowed, trimmed otherwise? CrackityJones75 May 2022 #59
And, then there is the matter of city owned structures that are sitting empty. OldBaldy1701E May 2022 #62
So I know this. CrackityJones75 May 2022 #68
Your last sentence should be yelled from every media it can be. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 2022 #84
There is a vacant house in my neighborhood. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #73
No that isn't the point I amaking. CrackityJones75 May 2022 #75
The city is not paying for the vacant houses in the neighborhoods where I've seen this. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #77
Back to the point of the ad.... CrackityJones75 May 2022 #79
I like the sentiment, but not the idea. cab67 May 2022 #28
Yes, an attention grabber but... txwhitedove May 2022 #30
One assume she doesn't mean this dsc May 2022 #31
I'm with you. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #82
Big smile The Jungle 1 May 2022 #32
EXACTLY!!! llashram May 2022 #33
Objective: Move the Overton Window. This will help. TygrBright May 2022 #34
The system IS out of control and in serious danger of collapse. BobTheSubgenius May 2022 #36
Very powerful message! WOW secondwind May 2022 #37
Love the use of Rage Against the Machine in the background as well themaguffin May 2022 #49
78% of Americans report being economically comfortable to well off. Hortensis May 2022 #60
No, it's not a good campaign ad... brooklynite May 2022 #61
Never say never AntivaxHunters May 2022 #66
I frequently say "never" when it comes to politics... brooklynite May 2022 #71
Gen X'er Here! LoCo Cat Lady May 2022 #67
Dumb ad and idea about occupying empty houses. Wingus Dingus May 2022 #78
Please don't use the word "dumb" AntivaxHunters May 2022 #81
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