Progressive Politics

Those robber billionaires might not realize that yet, but people like Mamdani are going to save their lives by nibbling at their looted fortune.

You know, if I was a billionaire, I would quite literally want democratic socialists in charge because I'd feel safer if the entire goddamn population didn't have a reason to kill me for my monies.

It's not so much that we don't have inequality in Europe, but in most countries, even if you work minimum wage and barely get by, you can get sick, have to go to a hospital for treatment, pay nearly nothing out of pocket, and your time off work is also compensated.

People are a lot less desperate for change when a single health issue won't derail their entire lives. When people are less desperate, they're less likely to shoot rich people too. Let's not forget that Luigi, who may or may not have killed that UHC CEO, had chronic back pain requiring surgery. In his 20s. He came from a well-off family, but chances are his condition is/was going to cost him hundreds of thousands over his lifetime WITH insurance anyway.