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Actaeus86 t1_j875pue wrote

It can’t be implemented and it won’t. Not unless the United States has a huge political shift to the left. The US can’t even get every state to accept expanded Medicare benefits, even more free things on top of the free housing, food, and cell phones just won’t be possible. You might have a few liberals cities or even states to try and implement some form of it, but that’s the max.

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KungFuHamster t1_j876clh wrote

The US is gerrymandered up to its eyeballs. Our politicians don't really represent us. If we can get rid of unlimited corporate political spending and make gerrymandering illegal, the US will swiftly and "magically" move left.

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Actaeus86 t1_j876kw5 wrote

I think you are imaging that every state is really completely packed with liberals who yearn to make their state just like California when that is not the case. Gerrymandering won’t make the south, mid west or west suddenly vote democratic. Ending corporate money and union money however would make the system better though.

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shrekerecker97 t1_j87bkpg wrote

>ke gerrymandering illegal, the US will swiftly and "magically" move left.

get rid of Citizens United. Corporations are not people.

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aphasial t1_j87mgtd wrote

Gerrymandering does not affect the US Senate or the Electoral College (other than ME and NE).

The US Senate is your best measure of what the realistic trajectory of the US is, and is definitely nowhere near as left as rando Redditors wish it were,

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pbankey t1_j87alcz wrote

This, unfortunately.

People in this thread are confusing "what could theoretically fund a program like this" vs. actually implementing it. Getting members of congress to draft provisions, agree to even talk about it, much less even vote on it to pass it, is what it takes to get it done. That's not happening.

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Actaeus86 t1_j87atub wrote

I appreciate some people are very optimistic that certain things will change for the better, but I’m too realistic/cynical/jaded to have much hope. Maybe when I see our political system perform basic functions without all out wars over the tiniest things I’ll have more faith.

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