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Seattle's Elected Socialist, Kshama Sawant,- Left Forum 2014 (Original Post) marmar Jun 2014 OP
Kind of reassuring yallerdawg Jun 2014 #1

yallerdawg

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1. Kind of reassuring
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 12:37 PM
Jun 2014

We have an active functioning Socialist who is describing how we can have radical social change through the electoral process -- in this specific instance referring to $15 per hour minimum wage in Seattle.

If we can convince Republicans and conservatives of the value in a society of majority rule where social and economic benefits are for the greater good of the most people (AKA Democracy), perhaps we won't have to have the more extreme forecasts and visions of the end of capitalism.

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