A reasonable small group of so called 'people' are making life terrible for soo soo many
We really need a better system, voting can do only so much and look where it got us. again
Remember, we are with a lot more
Don't fight each other, fight the few who try to make things worse for their gain
Don't get me wrong, voting is one of the few things we can do but we need more guard rails somehow
It's crazy that a mad man like Hitler or Trump can be voted into office and dismantle everything from within
That's not how it should work!
Personally I despise "alone rulers" with stupid titles like kings, presidents, or dictators
We need people to keep people in check, we have proven that over and over again
Fuck the alone ruler
@stux
They actually ache for a monarchy, but also the "savior hero" archetype is very common all across the US.
People on both sides think more in terms of a hero sweeping in to save us, than ordinary people collaborating to solve things
@stux @screwturn current society gives so little space for people or organise for mutual benefit. Either you're a consumer, an employee, a boss. But almost never you're just another member of a group making or creating something.
There's so few situations where people need to work together on a basis of mutual interest and equality. Skills we all need to learn.
@stux He is not alone and that's part of the problem. The Republican party was already going extremist, but during his first rise to power over America he drove them into a loyalist fury and some of those who didn't comply were driven out. That wasn't enough on its own. And that's where things get scary. Project 2025 and other nazis used the gaps in the party to gain power.
Trump couldn't do *any* of this alone. The loyalists in power are enabling and enacting the law breaking policies.
@stux I'd say the biggest culprits of all though are the loyalist judges he installed. The party of course helped him do that and if they hadn't been in majority power during his first term of rule he possibly would have failed to install many of them.
It was actually one of those loyalist judges who intentionally allowed every possible delay to keep Trump out of prison for his treasonous attempted coup against the government on that January 6th. Had that not happened he would have fallen.
@trebach @stux Unfortunately, as a general rule most Democrats will never ever let go of "the old ways" even in the fight against a fascist dictatorship on the other side.
If the red states are allowed to gerrymander in such completely openly illegal ways to the extent that the far-right loyalists are trying to do, then I'm pretty sure that's it for the vote.
(Democrats as a whole just have a total refusal to accept that these are special times and they must let go of tradition/the high road.)
@nazokiyoubinbou @stux There's a special election in Virginia to temporarily suspend (until October 2030) the non-partisan commission for drawing up House seats added to the state constitution in 2020. A map has already been created that would cause the seats to be (by projection) 10 Democrat and 1 Republican.
Changing the state constitution is EXTREMELY difficult. A bill has to pass the General Assembly, there has to be an election (happens once every 2 years), the identical bill has to be passed again in the General Assembly, and then the voters have to pass it in order for the amendment to be added.
@trebach @stux Oh to be clear I'm not saying no Democrats anywhere are doing anything, just that the majority refuse to take any of this seriously and are acting like these are normal times that can be handled in normal ways.
I will be honest, I'm not really a big fan of using their methods to fight the right though. Especially since like 3/4th of the Democrats are actually just Republicans who haven't actually sworn loyalty to Trump yet.
But I won't pretend that I have all the answers either
Congress & the courts are supposed to be the check on this. But the Republicans are so far up Trump's ass they could perform a tonsillectomy and have just given all their power to him. Top that off with an utterly corrupt SCOTUS, and everything is completely fucked.
@stux 42,8% of people in my area voted in the recent elections, but 100% of them have issues they can't stop complaining about.
The trouble starts when people think they don't have to take responsibility for making the world a better place. When they just want to complain and complain until the sun goes supernova.
Complaining won't make change happen. You're going to have to put the work in yourself.
If you don't put the effort in, the bad guys win by default.
and do what, email your local representative who will ignore you anyway?
people complain because making change is not just hard, but harder than it needs to be.
especially when you don't have the legal right to do so by yourself, the people who do have that right are constantly trying to make your life worse, and you're too mentally spent trying to make rent/utilities to try and constantly rein them in.
also make the terrible changes REALLY slow (*cough* #chatcontrol *cough*). that is guaranteed to get people bored and hand you victory.
really, the only way to make democracy work is to take the emotion out of politics - frame law-making as problem solving and give everyone the ability to propose and vote through laws directly after coming to a consensus.
@breathOfLife @stux I put myself on the list for the local political party which most adhered to my personal views. I campaigned for this party. I'm working on learning how the system works and am trying to find a dossier I can make a difference in. It will be a long road and I have much to learn, but I put myself out there to help make the situation in my immediate area better over time.
There's always a way to make a difference. Find your own way to do so.
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Same here in the NL
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