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BlueTsunami2018

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24. There's no reason not to try.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 04:40 PM

Yesterday

Other than the ruling class hating it and pushing the “it can never work” propaganda.

People are sick of the same old, same old “moderate” bullshit. People want real change, they want healthcare, they want education, they want food security and living wages. People are sick of the capitalists taking more and more and leaving them with nothing. No services, the inability to afford anything, working their asses off and still falling behind.

We need people like Memdani. We need even more than that. We have to break the status quo. We have to end this bullshit system that rewards greed and selfishness above community and the common good.

We have to try, otherwise it’ll never get better.

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