Representatives. They speak for you because your population elected them to represent you, don’t like your politicians and their decisions then look inwards.
We need strong constraints for what laws politicians can pass. As a principle, I don’t think politicians should get to decide who can run against them or who can vote for them.
If you like your politicians: I would suggest you should look inwards.
Two party system, gerrymandering, first past the post, no preferential voting. These are all systems used to rig your elections that you and your countrymen voted for.
You voted and got the representatives that represent the will of the people, and the will of the American people either wants these things or is uneducated as to why they shouldn’t want these things, but again, all are result of the choices of the people of your country.
Americans act like their voting is disenfranchised, yeah it is, because you chose to disenfranchise it.
What are you talking about? Society is a work in progress not a “it wasn’t my choice” situation. You get handed what you get handed and you fix it or fuck it while you’ve got it before you hand it to the next generation. You are not unique, every society is the same.
Americans have gotten exactly what they chose, and they chose to vote for representatives from amongst themselves to remove their own ability to choose effectively and/or maintain the grift.
Why haven’t you voted for representatives that want to remove these systems? Because people that want to remove these systems don’t represent the majority of your population so those choices don’t exist. Simple as that.
Want politicians and representatives that represent your interests? Well if there isn’t one, someone has to become one, which means you either choose to step up and represent your ideals yourself and represent other people like you by actively engaging in the system, or you don’t, and you sit down and take a big ol’ chug from that oversized mug of shut the fuck up, because in a democracy your vote is your only voice and the American people sold theirs to grifters for a broken promise.
I’m fine with reasonable limits on who can run. I don’t agree with letting politicians freely decide who can run by passing laws.
Representatives. They speak for you because your population elected them to represent you, don’t like your politicians and their decisions then look inwards.
We need strong constraints for what laws politicians can pass. As a principle, I don’t think politicians should get to decide who can run against them or who can vote for them.
If you like your politicians: I would suggest you should look inwards.
Stop voting against your interests.
Can you expand on what you mean?
Two party system, gerrymandering, first past the post, no preferential voting. These are all systems used to rig your elections that you and your countrymen voted for.
You voted and got the representatives that represent the will of the people, and the will of the American people either wants these things or is uneducated as to why they shouldn’t want these things, but again, all are result of the choices of the people of your country.
Americans act like their voting is disenfranchised, yeah it is, because you chose to disenfranchise it.
I didn’t vote for any of this. No one alive did. The system is rigged and deeply entrenched.
Americans act like their voting is disenfranchised, because it is - not much of a choice available to be made.
What are you talking about? Society is a work in progress not a “it wasn’t my choice” situation. You get handed what you get handed and you fix it or fuck it while you’ve got it before you hand it to the next generation. You are not unique, every society is the same.
Americans have gotten exactly what they chose, and they chose to vote for representatives from amongst themselves to remove their own ability to choose effectively and/or maintain the grift.
Why haven’t you voted for representatives that want to remove these systems? Because people that want to remove these systems don’t represent the majority of your population so those choices don’t exist. Simple as that.
Want politicians and representatives that represent your interests? Well if there isn’t one, someone has to become one, which means you either choose to step up and represent your ideals yourself and represent other people like you by actively engaging in the system, or you don’t, and you sit down and take a big ol’ chug from that oversized mug of shut the fuck up, because in a democracy your vote is your only voice and the American people sold theirs to grifters for a broken promise.
Capitalism at it’s finest.
I don’t really disagree with any of this.
The system is rigged and entrenched - not open to change. It is bad, but not so bad that enough people will risk changing it.