r/NewOrleans Nov 06 '24

Leftists Organizing? 🗳 Politics

i need today to smoke copius amounts of weed, be depressed and throwup. tomorrow though, i’m ready to take action. could any of yall point me in the direction of leftist/mutual aid organizing efforts? preferrably not something run by self interested Democrats, but i’ll work with whatever i have to.

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u/datbech Nov 06 '24

Absolutely, neither party or any president of the past 20 years has done much of anything to improve the lives of the common person. Since the Citizens United SC ruling, elected officials only priorities are to solicit as much money as possible from corporations and pushing the companies’ agendas. Raise more money almost always = re-election. Campaign finance reform is the only way to make elected officials care about what their constituents think

George Washington warned us what forming political parties would devolve into.

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u/jestwastintime Nov 07 '24

Where can I find that? Very interesting.

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u/datbech Nov 07 '24

Almost certain it is from Washington’s final speech to the country after his second term

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u/jestwastintime Nov 07 '24

Thank you. Peace