“Congress can fix this with one easy bill:
Mandate that employers in any "critical infrastructure industry" must grant their employees a minimum of 7 paid personal/sick days per year. Done. The Railroads don't want to give up a penny of their BILLIONS in profits, so MAKE them. Don't force the workers into slavery conditions instead.
Mandate the sick time and the rest of the negotiations are fine. No strike. Workers are happy. Rail barons are slightly miffed at making 15 BILLION rather than 20 BILLION, but they'll get over it.“
“Y'know, it's almost like we should mandate that every worker deserves time off/sick leave, but that'd make us socialists like those dirty Europeans or something.“
“Fuck this goddamn country. If getting paid sick leave makes us socialist then fuck it I am one. Fuck the capitalists and their profits.“
“Im down for that! Fuck the capitalist profits, treat us like godamn human beings, not mindless cogs in the capitalist machine!“
…and there’s so many more just like that.
You vote on election day and spend the rest of your time organizing. That is all I’m saying. Come election day, you vote for the Democrats. Why? Because they’re better (less bad) than the alternative. The democrats will not pass an anti-abortion or an anti-lgtb bill. The republicans will.
[smoke comes out of ears] is this a copypasta
Liberalsocialist
deleted by creator
They're here in good faith, though, so everybody please be nice.
I was adding context which is why I didn't tag them
Yes, from an electoralism thread after the midterms.
no i'm being completely serious right now :i-voted: 4️⃣ :brandon:
:che-smile:
:i-voted:
deleted by creator
:peltier-laugh: