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1. The main thought is that USSR-style Communism is a heresy. Under the influence of Lenin and Stalin, it departs fundamentally from Marx's very strong support of democracy and workers' rights. So Democratic Marxism is an evolution of Marxism that maintains adherence to democratic principles.
2. DM holds that decentralization of power is the best defence of democracy. So it wants the abolition of nation-states, and the planet becoming a "collection of villages" or micro-states. This is also the necessary consequence of the immediate and radical governance and global economic steps needed to stop dead in its tracks Negative Anthropogenic Climate Change (NACC).
3.It is the Democratic Marxist Global Forum (DMGF) that is elaborating the policies/principles of this new "Democratic Marxism", initially.
4. DM flows from the seminal book: “The New Democratic Theory” by Kenneth Megill.
22/8/31 – By Democratic Marxist Global Institute (DMGI)
"Climate change will cost Canada $139 billion due to flooding, drought and other disasters, report finds
The impact of water-related risks in Canada could mean a cumulative loss of $139 billion through 2050, or 0.2 per cent of economic activity in that period, a report from engineering firm GHD concludes."
Bob Gillanders proposes a billionaires' tax for any (income? or wealth? I'm not sure which) above $1 billion U.S. money.
I guess I should give it a better name.
Bob's Billionaire Wealth Tax
The tax is on wealth, not income.
It is a new tax, above & beyond any other taxes.
Calculation: The first $1 billion wealth, tax rate = zero %
Wealth above $1 billion, tax rate = 100%
To illustrate: Taxpayer A - calculates value of all assets minus debts = $5,000,000,000 (that's 5 billion)
Bob's Billionaire wealth tax = $4,000,000,000 (that's 4 billion)
The result is to leave the billionaire with a wealth of $1,000,000,000 (that's 1 billion)
"Climate change will cost Canada $139 billion due to flooding, drought and other disasters, report finds
The impact of water-related risks in Canada could mean a cumulative loss of $139 billion through 2050, or 0.2 per cent of economic activity in that period, a report from engineering firm GHD concludes."
Bob, the message is all wrong here. Forget the dollar amounts of the disasters, it is not important.
To give the message some emotional impact, which is necessary to break thru, reports should be in lives lost and destroyed.
for example
Climate change will cost Canadian's ??? lives lost, ??? homes destroyed, ??? livelihoods destroyed due to flooding, drought and other disasters, report finds.
The tax is on wealth, not income.
It is a new tax, above & beyond any other taxes.
Calculation: The first $1 billion wealth, tax rate = zero %
Wealth above $1 billion, tax rate = 100%
To illustrate: Taxpayer A - calculates value of all assets minus debts = $5,000,000,000 (that's 5 billion)
Bob's Billionaire wealth tax = $4,000,000,000 (that's 4 billion)
The result is to leave the billionaire with a wealth of $1,000,000,000 (that's 1 billion)
Any questions?
Haven't you heard? The WEF and billionaire oligarchs, big tech, and governments around the world are now merged into a single unelected medical, political big tech big pharma complex.
So what exactly are you achieving by transferring money from one bad pocket to the other? Governments partnered with enterprise is fascism pure and simple.
Haven't you heard? The WEF and billionaire oligarchs, big tech, and governments around the world are now merged into a single unelected medical, political big tech big pharma complex.
So what exactly are you achieving by transferring money from one bad pocket to the other? Governments partnered with enterprise is fascism pure and simple.
You are clearly not grasping the genius of my billionaire wealth tax.
To aid in your understanding, we must first expose you to some more potholer54 conspiracy theory busting videos.
Two plus years of criminal and incompetent leadership from politicians and "experts" and there are some out there who think these people are our saviours. It's true: you can't fix stupid.
Haven't you heard? The WEF and billionaire oligarchs, big tech, and governments around the world are now merged into a single unelected medical, political big tech big pharma complex.
So what exactly are you achieving by transferring money from one bad pocket to the other? Governments partnered with enterprise is fascism pure and simple.
"Tom is a well known racist, and like most of them he won't admit it, possibly even to himself." - Ed Seedhouse, October 4, 2020.
You know that wonderful chess variant you've come up with ... what's its name again?
You want that to grow?
Do ya?
No such thing as 'excessive growth'. Crazy to even try to make up such a term. That too is insane.
Where should the number of downloads of your chess variant cease?
1 billion ... 2 billion?
Where?
PP ... you don't need a safe room.
You never did.
K?
Ok, "no such thing as excessive growth" according to you.
Please tell that to your immune system so it will stop fighting cancer cells in your body.
And then you won't need a safe room, you'll need a bed in a hospice.
K?
For the rest of us, we now know that if Neil was PM of Canada, there would have been absolutely NO anti-covid measures whatsoever since the virus got here.
How many dead from covid do you want, Neil? 1 million? 2 million? 10 million? 20 million?
And we can stop all efforts to contain Ebola, Marburgh, and whatever else comes along. According to Neil, it's "unnatural" to try and fight these things. They are part of nature and should be encouraged to grow, yes, let's HELP them grow rather than fight them!
You are clearly not grasping the genius of my billionaire wealth tax.
To aid in your understanding, we must first expose you to some more potholer54 conspiracy theory busting videos.
LOL!!!!! On August 29th Greenland Ice Sheet gained 7 gigatons of mass in just one day, the largest daily gain ever recorded in the summer. Better send it to your "fact checkers" to debunk ASAP!!!
https://polarportal.dk. they can contact
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