The system is set up deliberately to prevent doing what the voters want.
And this isn’t some conspiracy theory. Read the Federalist Papers and you’ll find they didn’t want an unruly mob making decisions. Hence why senators were picked by states originally, and why there’s an electoral college instead of popular vote for president.
And it’s high time all this was fixed. Just because some dudes 250 years ago thought a system of government was good, doesn’t mean it’s still adequate today.
I didn’t want Biden, but he’s actually been doing fine; I was very surprised. List of accomplishments here, and overview of economic performance here.
Careful, the Joe haters really don’t want to listen right now with the current state of Gaza.
Nowhere in that list did I see record oil production. Strange.
biden is the nominee because it is historically political suicide for a party to primary their incumbent. and in this case since the other viable nominee is trump, primarying biden feels like small d democratic suicide for the country. smart people who don’t like biden (for whatever reason, I include myself in that group) will get behind a biden candidacy enthusiastically just to. keep trump out.
trump is the nominee because the republican party as currently constructed is no longer a political party but a cult. a cult of white male grievances that not only seeks to opress anyone not white and male but also has adapted old testament principles where the only ones who had any status at all were males. and the thing is, trump doesn’t believe in anything they do (except the racism and misogyny). he just accepts those people because they love him, he gives them permission to act as they do because he does. and the adolation from the people is the thing that drives narcissists. and the one thing those people want more than anything else is power for the sake of controlling other people. they want trump because trump wants their idolation and trump will give them everything just to be cheered. and yes I meant idolation.
if the people don’t like this cycle’s choices, they should have voted in their party’s primaries. this year or 4 years ago.
if the people don’t like this cycle’s choices, they should have voted in their party’s primaries. this year or 4 years ago.
That’s just it. You nailed it-
Everyone wants to whine and complain about whatever single-issue bullshit makes them look cool at work or school every four years, but almost never do what’s necessary to ensure said bullshit is kept to a minimum.
Because a whole generation of Americans found a source of information that agrees with their dated belief systems. Regardless if they’re completely wrong. Thanks Meta!
Dems don’t listen to constituents. They pay us lip service. That’s why I’m a Leftist. Dems are center-right (essentially what Nixon was).
Because most people do nothing but whine online about singe-issue problems and do nothing about bringing change in any real sense.
Your mistake is thinking elections are, or ever were, about what the voters want.
In reality - the establishment decides how best to maintain their control, then create the illusion of choice (since both candidates who reach the point of running for president serve them, in very slightly different ways), then have the media bolster that illusion and get the public to fight with each other to make sure we don’t stop to realise we’re being played and point our justified rage and frustration where they actually belong (with the manipulators, not those they manipulate).
The media keeps reporting things that people engage with because those figures drive advertising. If people didn’t engage with ragebait, then people like Trump wouldn’t have a chance of being elected. The entire media strategy of any politician right now is to say or do the most wild shit possible so that they appear in the news. Come up with a 3 word slogan, and bam, instant support.
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make in reference to my reply…
Yes, the media want money, but they can’t make money without maintaining a system that has commodified everything, including information, for profit. The rage bait would exist whether trump would have won or not, it’s not like it’s gone anywhere. It doesn’t exist to serve trump, it exists to serve the status quo (hint: having the president/PM change from one party to another, when both serve capitalism and the ruling class, isn’t a change to the status quo).
It wouldn’t exist if people didn’t engage with it. That’s why he’s always in the news. It’s not some super scientific cabal manipulating everyone. It’s a basic algorithm driven by engagement. Political groups just spend a lot of money driving that engagement. If you don’t like Trump, stop engaging with content featuring him.
Short answer: no proportional representation. Long answer: lack of proportional representation. If you are going to have voting, at least let people vote for the candidate they want rather than the least worst option.
