[DoreenMichele]

Americans sometimes joke that we live in a third world country. Many people here are dissatisfied with our family and healthcare policies, but no one seems to know how to actually fix it.

Obamacare wasn't really a good solution. It was just the most politically viable.

So you need more than a good plan for what works better. You also need to somehow get it accepted politically and that ends up being a sticking point.

[_qwfv]

How to fix it? Get involved with your local DSA chapter. Work on putting socialists on your local ballot and getting initiatives passed locally. Educate your friends and neighbors that 'socialist' policies are much broader than what has been demonized in the US since the red scare.

Edit: Also, consider unionizing and bargaining for parental leave, healthcare, living wages, employee board representation, etc.

[senderista]

Scandinavian countries are not socialist and using the word "socialist" (as Bernie does) to advocate for social-democratic policies is both inaccurate and unnecessarily polarizing.

[_qwfv]

Democratic socialists and social democrats agree on many policies, and both are largely absent from the political stage in the US.

[cbHXBY1D]

> Get involved with your local DSA chapter.

I've been in the DSA for years now and would recommend it to anyone who is interested. But just to be clear: most of the organizing does not revolve around electoral politics. There are those like myself who don't want DSA to become "the left wing of the DNC" (RIP Refoundation).

I know HN trends techno-utopian libertarian but I'm sure there's some here who have socialist sympathies.

[matchbok]

Except that isn't what we are talking about.

[_qwfv]

Not talking about universal healthcare, a policy position held by both democratic socialists and social democrats?