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Whats your guess on when americans will figure it out ?
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Thank you. I'm getting quite tired of people posting the most fucking obvious takes about problems in the US, then going "why haven't americans fixed this? are they stupid?", when we have exceedingly small control over the actions of our shitass policy makers.
It's some real "everyone is dumb except for me" energy.
Yet somehow most Americans think they are a democracy
Someone defending the US few weeks ago said: "decisions are made by those who show up and vote".
No, decisions are made by those who hold economic and political power. That is NOT the citizenry of capitalist dictatorships. Having elections also serves a lot of ideological functions like: