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Octafish

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1. Wouldn't it be great if there were a political party...

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:45 PM

Jan 2013

...that represented the interests of the common person, instead of those of the wealthy and the corporations they own?

How quickly a case could be made to build a system that served the interests of the entire community. Part of that would be a more equitable distribution of wealth, resources, capital and all the tools needed to build a better nation and world.

Didn't there used to be a political party like that? It has been a long time since I thought of them, let alone see them on the television screen talking about all this.

What was their name? Demos? Dema-something. Gosh. What were they called?

Whatever. We could sure use one.

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Oxfam: The cost of inequality: how wealth and income extremes hurt us all [View all] G_j Jan 2013 OP

Wouldn't it be great if there were a political party... Octafish Jan 2013 #1

you mean Socialism?? G_j Jan 2013 #2

Democratic Socialism, like in Scandanavia. Octafish Jan 2013 #3

+1000 G_j Jan 2013 #4

For some reason this isn't getting responses. Repost and add "GUNS!" somewhere in the title Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #5

I agree it is a significant G_j Jan 2013 #6

This inequality is literally the crime of this century. ananda Jan 2013 #7