Comment on Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  He proposes bills all the time. It’s not his fault the rest of the corrupt senate won’t give them a fair hearing.

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  • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Bills themselves aren’t well thought out plans. He needs to work with his peers to get legislation passed, not just write up his ideals and act like everyone will fall in line. That’s not how anything works.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      When his peers are all owned by corporations, how can he?

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      • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If the “reform” in work reform is a serious attempt and not just a circle jerk comments like these are not productive.

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• WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What's he supposed to do? Blackmail, threaten, or kill most of congress? Until he has plans for those, having bills written won't do much but waste time that he could be better using talking about the ideas.

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  • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic. A group of 100 having to do what 1 person says is not a democracy. The vibes on this subject are uncomfortably authoritarian. We’re talking about fundamental level stuff here. If you’re in a group of friends deciding where to go to dinner, people can vote and compromise on where they want to go, or you can have one person have total control and decide for everyone. The latter isn’t how the US should be run.

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    • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I'm try to figure out what you want from him. The topic is how one person can't do anything and you're saying he's not doing enough by trying to spread the ideas, so I'm trying to figure out what you want him to do as one person if its not promoting the idea.

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      • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I want him to come up with a viable plan to get us to where he wants us to be, not just say we should have it. He needs to get enough Senators to support it so it’ll pass, and yes that means compromising on his ideals.

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  • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    He’s never tried being friendly with his coworkers, maybe he should give that a go

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    • dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You really truly believe that in his entire political career spanning multiple decades that he’s never once been friendly?

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      • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s not what I said and you know it

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• dangblingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How do you think politics works? It’s all talk. Then they vote on a bill.

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  • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Groups of elected representatives are put into committees that workshop ideas / bills and gauge interest. In order to pass committee and receive broad support, riders are typically added to allow other representatives to get something for their constituents. Compromises are made, not everyone gets everything they want, and we move forward.

    Senators don’t make proclamations with no plans and immediately get bills passed.

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