That's just a fact. The whole US political system should be scrapped and re-developed to make it a democracy.
You can fix the american democracy by upgrading it ranked choice voting, abolishing the electoral college, ending citizens united, giving all prisoners the right to vote, reforming the supreme court, make Washington DC and Puerto Rico states.
Eliminating the senate, massively increasing the size of the house, making registration automatic, executing anyone caught disenfranchising voters, etc
Eliminating the Senate might seem like a good way to reduce the outsized influence that voters in smaller states wield, but the Senate helps keep those states in the union.
Also, the death penalty should be eliminated, not expanded.
We obviously need to address the fact that our government doesn't represent the country, but drastically increasing the ability of larger states to ride roughshod over the interests of smaller states is not a recipe for stability.
... Introducing proportional representation and majority elected president, enfranchising all people, ending politically appointed judiciary, making intentional lies with the intention to mislead the public a criminal offence...
Eliminating the Senate is not a good idea. Maybe just fix it by populating it in proportion to the states citizens?
And do yourself a favor and finally abolish the death penalty. It does not become to a civilized country.
Remember that you enter a revolution with the culture you've got, not the culture you want. Think on that very carefully before you roll those dice.
It would be so cool to be a part of a true democracy.
You guys (Americans) need to stop with the personality cults. It was cute and funny when it was sports stars and actors, but it slipped down the slope when it’s dangerous malignant narcissists like Trump and Musk. The attitude is the same, though, stop glorifying other people so much, whether it’s on the left or right. No amount of democracy will fix that loophole for populists.
I would just like to point out that it can still get so, so much worse.
depends on perspective. if you're a billionaire, it's right on track.
That's what the French and Russian aristocrat's thought right before the French and Russian revolutions.
might be right, might be wrong, but I'll be fucked if I take my news from a bunch of christofascist vegetables.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ARMS!
They don't have arms so they can't self-pleasure (it is a "sin")
Which means they can only pleasure each other.
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yeah they're left with mouths, vaginas and anuses AS GOD INTENDED VEG TO BE lol
THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE ARMS!
Confirmed, VeggieTales is anti-2A.
Are we using christofascist as a way to call Christianity fascist now, or did I miss some fascist messaging in VeggieTales?
I mean, it's still in the top 30% of nations to live in. The US is nowhere near its potential for a great place to live but it's still above average.
I don't entirely disagree but I think at this advanced stage, it's largely due to inertia.
I agree, this is just leftover momentum.
Reaganomics was a bullet to this nation's brain stem. Citizens United was just the capitalists pissing on the long dead corpse for fun.
This place is just the command center for multinational oligarchs to wage war on the rest of humanity to increase short term profit expectations.
Wouldn't it be, like, 50 failed states? 🤔
The term state at the international level usually refers to a nation-state. Nations generally have different terms like state, territory, province, etc for their internal divisions, hence state can refer to both meanings.
The United States is a cruel mockery of a developed nation especially when looking at the Mississippi
What's up with Mississippi?
The state has the highest obesity rate, is the least developed state, the life expectancy is at age 74.4, has the lowest high school graduation rate, one of the lowest tax rates in the country, one of the lowest unionization rates, the state government has been under republican trifectas since 2012.
it's full of shit.
Stretches of the Mississippi River within the park corridor exceed water quality standards for mercury, bacteria, sediment, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl), and nutrients. Unfortunately, these "impairments" can make the water unsuitable for fishing, swimming, and drinking. Mar 6, 2023
It was fun while it lasted, but it's time for the crown to bring the colonies back to order.
The UK is worse.
"The UK political system is like the US, but whimsically worse" - John Oliver
From his piece on the UK elections. Probably not 100% correct, but should be somewhat close.
Incorrect.
The US are 50 failed states.
Nah, California could happily carry on by itself.
But every other state despises that we can. It's a real nut punch when other states are jealous of our GDP.
These vegetables have spoiled.
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