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Chuck Lynd's avatar

Brilliant, as usual, Thom. There is a modest anti-monopoly movement that could be a popular, progressive issue. Keith Ellison uses the term "monopoly capitalism" to differentiate from "anti-capitalism." David Korten prefers "market economy" instead of capitalism to focus on local economies and sustainability. I am an advocate of MMT economics and linked it to the anti-monopoly movement here: https://medium.com/@chucklynd/big-picture-news-modern-monetary-theory-mmt-and-the-anti-monopoly-movement-45e07aec7ded

I also like Robert Hockett's framing of the Fed's Quantitative Easing (QE) policy to bail out the rich versus Biden's Build Back Better policies that invest in the American people, aka "Community QE."

I trust Thom (or anyone reading this) will come up with a positive # that will appeal to our progressive base.

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Mmerose's avatar

A stark, terrifying turning-point. I just don't know how you pierce thru the fascist/Trump religious cult, which looks pretty assured to take over minority rule by way of custom-tailored voter selection across the country. So many are multi-generation conditioned to a fight response to the word "communist," for instance: sort of like those lights that turn on/off when somebody claps their hands. Light don't know who's clappin' or why.

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