IMO ideally the center should be fine with government provided socialized services and regulation to fully support society, offer everyone the same advantages to change their economic status to middle-class, and prevent wild disparity and capture of the system by wealth yet still allow for people to achieve wealth that, does indeed, allow for some excess but not at the expense of society.
IDK what exactly that would entail, but I at the very least feel the government should pay for healthcare, education, housing all “basic” needs and more.
Also cap wealth at ~100mil sounds like a good idea if possible
The workers own and operate the businesses and organizations they work for.
Also cap wealth at ~100mil sounds like a good idea if possible
Glass steagall was a great way to regulate capitalism. Eventually the 1% purchased the removal of these regulations and protections through
bipartisan legislation
Two Republicans and four Democrats did not vote.[11]
Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S. Carolina) voted in favor, Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) voted “present” and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) did not vote. A table with members’ full names, sortable by vote, state, region and party, may be found at S.900 as amended: Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, roll call 105, 106th Congress, 1st session. Votes Database at The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2008-10-09 from “S 900 | U.S. Congress Votes Database - the Washington PostThe Washington Post”. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-10-09…
Independent Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont voted yes; 33 Republicans and 28 Democrats did not vote.[15]
52 Republicans and 38 Democrats voted for the bill. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama (Republican, formerly a Democrat) voted against it, as did 7 Democratic Senators: Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Richard Bryan (Nevada), Byron Dorgan (N. Dakota), Russell Feingold (Wisc.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Barbara Mikulski (Maryland) and Paul Wellstone (Minn.) Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) again voted “present”, while Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) did not vote.
Republicans voted 207–5 in favor, with 10 not voting. Democrats voted 155–51 in favor, with 5 not voting. Independent Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont voted no.
I’m curious, what does the center look like?
Like the center has to be somewhere right? I’m solidly left, but certainly not as left as your average person on Lemmy.
Why I hate being left sometimes
IMO ideally the center should be fine with government provided socialized services and regulation to fully support society, offer everyone the same advantages to change their economic status to middle-class, and prevent wild disparity and capture of the system by wealth yet still allow for people to achieve wealth that, does indeed, allow for some excess but not at the expense of society.
Wouldn’t most just call that Left?
What’s missing that would then move that to be Left?
Left is the workers owning the means of production.
IDK what exactly that would entail, but I at the very least feel the government should pay for healthcare, education, housing all “basic” needs and more.
Also cap wealth at ~100mil sounds like a good idea if possible
The workers own and operate the businesses and organizations they work for.
Glass steagall was a great way to regulate capitalism. Eventually the 1% purchased the removal of these regulations and protections through
bipartisan legislation
Two Republicans and four Democrats did not vote.[11] Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S. Carolina) voted in favor, Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) voted “present” and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) did not vote. A table with members’ full names, sortable by vote, state, region and party, may be found at S.900 as amended: Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, roll call 105, 106th Congress, 1st session. Votes Database at The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2008-10-09 from “S 900 | U.S. Congress Votes Database - the Washington PostThe Washington Post”. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-10-09… Independent Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont voted yes; 33 Republicans and 28 Democrats did not vote.[15] 52 Republicans and 38 Democrats voted for the bill. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama (Republican, formerly a Democrat) voted against it, as did 7 Democratic Senators: Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Richard Bryan (Nevada), Byron Dorgan (N. Dakota), Russell Feingold (Wisc.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Barbara Mikulski (Maryland) and Paul Wellstone (Minn.) Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) again voted “present”, while Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) did not vote. Republicans voted 207–5 in favor, with 10 not voting. Democrats voted 155–51 in favor, with 5 not voting. Independent Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont voted no.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm–Leach–Bliley_Act#Notes
This will happen to your proposal given a long enough timeline.
Capitalism is not a stable foundation to build civilization on.