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Steve Glicken, MD's avatar

You know what would actually fix America? Getting rid of billionaires. And you know what else would help? Getting rid of Trump PERMANENTLY!!!

Michelle Brody's avatar

Let's also get rid of the entire maladministration. It's for the greater good.

Jaime Ramirez's avatar

Specifically taxing billionaires at a high enough rate they are no longer billionaires

Isaac Saragossi's avatar

Trump is a fucking disaster and an illicit fraudster felon rapist

Armand's avatar

He is also a pedophile, lest anyone forget. Complete release of all contained within the Epstein files will undoubtedly verify that fact; otherwise, they would have been publicly released before the dictator ordered them scrubbed.

Valerie Starr's avatar

Thank you gen z! You give me hope.

Reading Off Into The Sunset's avatar

THE COMMON GOOD MANIFESTO

A society built for people, not predators.

We are at our best when we invest in each other.

We are at our worst when we abandon the vulnerable.

This manifesto is how we return to the common good.

I. DIGNITY AND JUSTICE

1. Release the Epstein files β€” full transparency, no exceptions.

2. Impeach, convict, and imprison Donald Trump and every handler who enabled his corruption.

3. No federal office for any convicted felon.

4. End the weaponization of the justice system against the poor, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and marginalized communities.

II. DEMOCRACY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS

1. Abolish the Electoral College β€” one person, one vote.

2. Abolish ICE β€” replace it with humane immigration policy that honors human rights.

3. Ban gerrymandering with a standardized national apportionment method.

4. Two-term limits for every elected office.

5. Mandatory retirement at 70 for all elected officials.

6. Paper ballots only β€” end the era of hackable voting machines.

III. AN ECONOMY THAT SERVES PEOPLE

1. Restore 1950s-style progressive tax rates β€” when America was prosperous and fair.

2. Overturn Citizens United β€” corporations are not people.

3. Eliminate the Social Security payroll cap and tax capital gains for Social Security contributions.

4. $25 minimum wage indexed to inflation.

5. Medicare for All, one unified system β€” no A/B/C/D maze.

6. Congress receives Medicare, not boutique private insurance.

IV. WORKERS, CREATIVES, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS

1. Big pay raises for social workers, teachers, librarians, artists, and cultural workers β€” the people who actually hold society together.

2. Universal childcare β€” because families are the foundation of the nation.

3. Free public university education.

4. Full forgiveness of all student debt.

V. CLEAN GOVERNMENT

1. Root out corruption at every level, starting at the top.

2. Full financial transparency for every elected official, appointee, and senior bureaucrat.

3. Ban lobbying for former officeholders for life.

VI. THE FUTURE WE CHOOSE

We choose a country that values:

β€’ Compassion over cruelty

β€’ Community over greed

β€’ Truth over propaganda

β€’ Shared prosperity over billionaire hoarding

β€’ Democracy over minority rule

β€’ Human dignity over corporate profit

We choose a nation where the common good is not a slogan, but the organizing principle of public life.

And we refuse to apologize for demanding better.

Deb Willoughby's avatar

I suspect that that generation has not developed the instinct to know when someone is lying directly to your face!

S. E. D.'s avatar

Every time he opens his mouth, he looses votes.

MICHAEL OHALLORAN's avatar

THAT DOESN’T EXCUSE THEM FOR THIS CURRENT CRAP.

M B's avatar

They believed in Santa Clause bc people who should know better were telling them he was real. However, when they realized he smelled like beef and cheese the young were able to pivot while the cult kept trying to get the pedo into a red suit.

Aunty Fah's avatar

What took them so long?

Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Gen Z didn’t β€œturn” on Trump. They just finally figured out the secret level of adulthood: realizing some people talk tough because their self-esteem is held together with expired duct tape.

Of course the approval rating cratered. You can only watch a man rage-tweet at inanimate objects for so long before the vibe check becomes a wellness intervention.

Blessed be the generation that knows fascism looks less like a strongman and more like a guy who can’t handle follow-up questions from a woman with a clipboard.

May they keep their bullshit detectors calibrated and their democracy receipts organized.

The Jurist's avatar

Charlie Kirk gets assassinated and Tim Walz and Ilhan Omar rip tax paying Americans off for billions of dollars and walk around scott-free.

bumpyjonas's avatar

They kept an open mind and then he sold them out.

Larry Murr's avatar

That’s because Gen Zers can see how this regime is damaging their future