Reply #107: Pragmatic about what works most efficiently for the majority, vs. pragmatic self-interest [View All]

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of the rich and powerful.

"Changing the tone" didn't have to mean groveling for one or two percent bipartisanship.

It could have meant changing the tone from What Serves the Corporations to What Serves our National Health in the long term. What is the most cost-effective means of raising the standard of living for the poor and middle class? What serves the 90% vs. what serves the richest 10%.

And what economic policies will move us away from brutal polluting expensive hard-core warfare toward more sustainable capitalism domestically and worldwide?

Seems like so many current capitalist kings think we've already blown the climate and pollution triggers that will destroy our planet anyway, so they just need to shore up enough private capital to protect their immediate families while the rest of the world is torn asunder. Kind of like a Rapture by the Rich.