You’re an idealist thinking of the way things should be but ignoring reality. Things like rent freezes, higher taxes on “the rich”, abolish ICE, etc cause more harm than good. Nothing is free — unless you can convince healthcare workers, educators, landlords construction workers, etc to do their jobs for free. It all sounds great to the uninformed who vote for candidates that promise free for everyone. But all they can do is get other people to pay for these “free” things. The rich figure out how to skirt the system and end up not investing in the American economic system. By the time those who voted for it figure out that it was a bad idea it’s too late to go back. That’s how socialist/communist countries start out. People didn’t vote for what they ended up with. You try to defend yourself by claiming to be strawmaned, but you’re just touting an idealistic fantasy and playing victim because you can’t defend your argument.
