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Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes (calmatters.org)

submitted 11 hours ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

He reminds me a lot of HRC. We know he exists to run for president, but we know very little about what he actually stands for. We know what he's against.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

He's a hater, not a leader.

[–] dehyzer@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

At first glance I thought "he" was referring to Bernie and my brain started to melt.

On second read, I think you're talking about Newsom. I hope you're taking about Newsom.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Sadly Bernie's brain has also started to melt. I'm a fan of the guy, but not a fan of him in the Senate any more.

[–] Seralth@piefed.seralth.com 4 points 7 hours ago

He's 20 years past his prime sadly.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

He is simply too old. Even if he is the best example of someone who wants to bring people together, after a certain age you can't really understand what the young people are about.

[–] Kwiila@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Soft disagree. A very old man can "get it" without being "Hey fellow youths! 76 skippity toilet bees knees." But the efforts needed to connect are harder as they get older (like everything else), and Senate is so old, insular, and entrenched its definitely not the place to understand up-to-date issues beyond being spoonfed talking points by an orchestrating team.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yeah, i was more talking in general terms of old people. Nowadays we also have the added complexity of how fast the world changes. Bernie was born in 1941. He went from computers being practically nonexistent in public life to our modern times, and most of that change was in the last 3 decades - he already was over 50 when windows 3.1 launched in '92.

Not many people that age have the mental acuity left to keep up at all.