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Cake day: August 8th, 2023
  • DONTBANTHISACCOUNTOPtoRandom@kbin.social•kbiners, why'd You choose Kbin over Lemmy ?
    1•2 years ago

    @Tomassci

    Ye… idk 😶😐 n or get how someone might like and or support communism , like even if they support the idea on paper or the karl marx communist menefesto. Most ppl think 🤔 of communism as soviet union , china or north korea, vietnam , cuba ETC … n 😭 none o’ those countries are worth living in (IMHO). I mean they’ve no freedom n or democracy or hope of democratizing. Sure some countries are flawed democracies, even some in western Europe, n US also is another. But at least these countries have a potential to get to a Full Democracy status.

    Like when I hear about communism, it makes me wanna throw up … what’s wrong with trying ( for any country) to be a democracy / act democratically towards the people n neighboring countries… (Meaning democracies working with/ or along side other democracies n trying to improve one another by different means )

    shrug

    As someone who was born in n during soviet union , I seriously 😒😳 don’t get how anyone thinks communism is a good idea

    I get the fact that evil powers picked up communism n twisted the idea to something else completely in some ways/aspects…
    But …
    Big BUT; I’d love to see an example of one, just one flourishing communist country in the world RN or in the past. Cause I can give You a list of plenty of countries that turned to democracy n are doing somewhat OK considering what’s happening with the world today. Or even in the past…

    Anyways…

  • DONTBANTHISACCOUNTtopolitics @lemmy.world•AOC and the Squad’s List of Left-Wing Accomplishments Is Quite Long
    3•2 years ago

    Ok 👌 I am going to have to read that a few times n go do some arithmetics on that, N I’ll get back to You on that someday.

    I just had a feeling that if tax dollar went to subsidize good living standards for all , whether poor or middle class that it wouldn’t be a big deal if we all paid about roughly the same percent for all to have access to decent wage / life / opportunity at climbing some kind of a ladder of a profession / industry .

    I’ll try and read more about both ideas 💡 of tax n understand it better…

    TY BassTurd

  • DONTBANTHISACCOUNTtopolitics @lemmy.world•AOC and the Squad’s List of Left-Wing Accomplishments Is Quite Long
    1•2 years ago

    Sooo; if the government could collect 10 % flat tax from everyone and was able to subsidize housing, education, medicine and healthcare for everyone that needs it… Then I think 🤔 it might work, it’d get rid of tax loopholes and also allow everyone to do their own taxes simply… 10% … Just move a dot one over a number… Everyone could understand that.

    As for the rich and wealthy classes their reward is still income. They just have to pay their “fair” share. And to me the same percentage across the board is equal/fair.

    Maybe 🤔 You can explain it to me better, where I am missing the point ☝️ or where I am wrong on this idea / notion 😔? I am probably missing something.

  • DONTBANTHISACCOUNTtopolitics @lemmy.world•AOC and the Squad’s List of Left-Wing Accomplishments Is Quite Long
    2•2 years ago

    Not if the tax dollar goes to help the folks of the country.

    Yes it’s redistribution of wealth but we have redistribution of wealth right now and the money mostly goes back to the wealthy.

    Sooo about 19 top fortune 100 companies in US paid virtually no tax in the last few years. If You can tax ALL companies, people and religions who are making money, You’d have quite a lot of money in the pot.

    The money needs to go to military, I get it; but after that if You prioritize the homeless and the mentally ill, you’d see progress IMHO.

    10% is just an example, maybe it should be more. But when (some) fortune 100 n 500 companies are getting away with paying no tax… I think 10% might work; as long as EVERYONE ( who’s making money) pays. As long as the government takes care of , prioritizes the poor and middle class; things should be alright.