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  • The Speaker of the House is basically in charge of proceedings in the House of Representatives (the “lower” house of the legislature). No business can get done in the House until one is elected by the representatives. This is the first time in history that a sitting Speaker has been removed from the position in the middle of the term. This is a particularly awkward time since the government will run out of funding in 45 days if Congress does not pass a budget.

    This is a result of a growing split between the ultra-far-right and the slightly-less-far-right factions within the Republican party.







  • brandon@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhy are folks so anti-capitalist?
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    1 year ago

    Slaves don’t have private ownership of their capital (that is, their own labor)… because someone else does.

    Most “free” workers, in terms of capital, own only their own labor.

    Capitalists own the majority of the capital–land, equipment, intellectual property, etc.

    A system where the workers own the capital (aka the means of production) is socialism.