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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren, Not Hillary Clinton, Should Be the Next President of the United States [View all]Utopian Leftist
(534 posts)We need to learn to prioritize them. And the economy is really the over-riding issue, isn't it? I mean, yes, Global Warming is going to be the genocide of this Century if we don't do something IMMEDIATELY to fix it. But the truth is that if we weren't so obsessed with profits, the bottom line and shareholders, we would not be creating more pollution in the first place. If, as Al Gore has promoted recently, we were to create a new kind of capitalism: one that has the benefit of the public as its bottom line, rather than profit, would that not change EVERYthing? Do you know how you end war? Forever? You end POVERTY! For what the world spends on war in eight days, world poverty could be eradicated completely. And when you pull people out of poverty, most of them no longer have any desire for war. Poverty breeds ignorance and that breeds hatred.
America is ready for a truly progressive candidate: Elizabeth Warren. Now, of course she can't promise she'll bring down capitalism but if you've heard the fire with which she speaks, you know in your heart that she will do her damnedest to make sure that never again will we put profit before fairness and the rights of the people to live in peace with the land and with each other!