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  • Mongostein@lemmy.catoCanada@lemmy.caAll for this.
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    4 days ago

    A lot of people don’t get it until they see it in action.

    My union recently had a vote about increasing health benefits. “No” won in one of the categories because there were 3 options for how much to increase it by. (Yes won by 76% while the no beat the top yes 24% to 23%)

    I pointed this out at the next meeting and we had a vote and struck the no vote. Later a bunch of people said thanks for pointing that out, and my reply was “no sweat, we have the same problem with our elections.”

    Then everyone applauded and Einstein gave me a piece of π. Just kidding, it was more like weird looks and a couple agreements, but I like to think I brought the issue to a few people’s attention.






  • To add to your punk rock reference :)

    The power is in the hands of the few
    There are too many homeless too many starving
    They don’t care they don’t listen
    Their profit is more important than our pain
    Than our oppression than our human rights
    Sure take from the rich and give to the poor
    But when will the greed stop when will the human rights
    Be of some importance
    They can have their money and their system
    We can’t have freedom with restrictions
    We can’t have freedom and equity with an entire
    System based on competition

    Defiance - Hands of the Few, 1995. This shit ain’t new.