@return2ozma to A Boring Dystopia • 8 months agoStudy: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.act.represent.usexternal-linkmessage-square143arrow-up1824arrow-down127cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-28 months agoIf history tells us anything, fascists love advertising that they’re actually socialists and that you should definitely vote for them. And North Carolina got a little taste of what that might feel like last year.
minus-square@Olgratin_MagmatoelinkEnglish1•8 months agoThat’s a problem no matter how government officials are elected, and therefore irrelevant.
minus-square@Olgratin_MagmatoelinkEnglish1•8 months agoIn a country where 1/3rd of the country is either fascist or a fascist sympathizer? No thanks.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-28 months agoAs opposed to the 50%+ we have in office now?
minus-square@Olgratin_MagmatoelinkEnglish1•8 months agoAt no point have I indicated that was acceptable either.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoYes, but not only is it better than what we current have, but it goes against the whole “That’s a problem no matter how government officials are elected, and therefore irrelevant.” claim you made earlier.
If history tells us anything, fascists love advertising that they’re actually socialists and that you should definitely vote for them. And North Carolina got a little taste of what that might feel like last year.
That’s a problem no matter how government officials are elected, and therefore irrelevant.
Sortition
In a country where 1/3rd of the country is either fascist or a fascist sympathizer? No thanks.
As opposed to the 50%+ we have in office now?
At no point have I indicated that was acceptable either.
Yes, but not only is it better than what we current have, but it goes against the whole “That’s a problem no matter how government officials are elected, and therefore irrelevant.” claim you made earlier.