▲ 613 ▼ More Than 20 Million Americans Are Set to Lose Health Care Coverage on January 1 (truthout.org) submitted 7 months ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 138 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 20 points 7 months ago (1 child) I'd rather people get to work on fixing things now than wait until November. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan1101@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 child) Me too, big time. But our officials elected and otherwise seem to be mostly riding it out. Except quite a few non-supreme court judges. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) I don't mean elected officials. I mean us. You can't beat fascism by hoping someone else will fix things. Ordinary members of the populace need to start flexing their political muscles all the time, not just during elections. We always have power but representative democracy tries to convince us otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan1101@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago The trouble is we as individuals can't do it alone. If hundreds of people start marching towards DC to physically remove rogue officials from office I'll join them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 child) Me too, big time. But our officials elected and otherwise seem to be mostly riding it out. Except quite a few non-supreme court judges. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) I don't mean elected officials. I mean us. You can't beat fascism by hoping someone else will fix things. Ordinary members of the populace need to start flexing their political muscles all the time, not just during elections. We always have power but representative democracy tries to convince us otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan1101@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago The trouble is we as individuals can't do it alone. If hundreds of people start marching towards DC to physically remove rogue officials from office I'll join them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) I don't mean elected officials. I mean us. You can't beat fascism by hoping someone else will fix things. Ordinary members of the populace need to start flexing their political muscles all the time, not just during elections. We always have power but representative democracy tries to convince us otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan1101@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago The trouble is we as individuals can't do it alone. If hundreds of people start marching towards DC to physically remove rogue officials from office I'll join them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago The trouble is we as individuals can't do it alone. If hundreds of people start marching towards DC to physically remove rogue officials from office I'll join them. permalink fedilink source parent