If you're a "company" you get to offset money coming in with expenses and even in the most honest of systems only pay tax on the difference (i.e. the profits).

Taxing profits instead of revenue is sensible though, otherwise businesses with low profit margins would be impossible to run. Groceries would be twice as expensive since the supermarket would have to increase their profit margin by a huge amount to not go bankrupt

What we really need to do is hold corrupt politicians and the businesses that are paying them accountable for 150% of the damages from their schemes. None of this "I took a 5 million dollar bribe and I got 6 months house arrest plus a 1500 dollar fine."

Technically people didn't vote their way into this if we are to believe the second election was rigged... but that doesn't matter now does it

Multilateral approaches to revolution are statistically way more successful. Meaning there have to be multiple factions but usually some use force or threat of force to back up the peaceful majority. Thems be the facts

Obviously a violent approach shouldn’t be chosen first or lightly or at all if possible—but that doesn’t mean people can’t and shouldn’t start taking steps to defend themselves from illegal violence from the ruling class.

People right now can learn how to operate, maintain and store firearms safely. People right now can form militias and community defense groups as a deterrence from the ruling class violence.

None of that have to mean performing acts of violence, but can help us have a stronger position to bargain in the future.

Well if fighting is too high a cost then you could just live with and just accept the new order and probably live a completely normalish life assuming climate collapse isn't as bad as projected.

Which I'm afraid is what most people will end up doing.

Genuine answer: organizing with your fellow people, and forming communities. It's not an accident that seems such a monumental task today when historically it was the only reason people survived hardship.

Yeah I fled ohio last year and it's infamously gerrymandered. The state legislature dgaf what anyone thinks about issues