Rachel Scott’s piercing interview at National Association of Black Journalists event left former president fuming
  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    US politics is toxic because it is divisive

    two parties have hijacked our elections and created football politics that pit one side against the other

    should be different voices with multiple different representators in government just like the voters if all were allowed to vote

    • ccunning@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      two parties have hijacked our elections and created football politics that pit one side against the other

      THaeYRe baSICALLLY ThE SA aME!

          • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            what do you call it when both parties are for locking up kids at the border just for one example

            or what do call it when both parties support over funding the police without more regulations and oversight

            there are numerous examples

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Political parties should be abolished. Imagine how much more attention you would have yo pay if you had to understand who to vote for. Plus then it would allow people like your local mail carrier to run for things like school committee.

      • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        thank you my point exactly

        case in point is the mail why wouldn’t a mail carrier be votable to congress or senate or president or any government position

        not only would the expertise come in to play but people would finally see something like participating in government a reality like running for offices for themselves or just voting

        would break the traditional rule of the US and shatter the elites’ power

      • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 months ago

        Political parties should be abolished.

        How?

        Imagine how much more attention you would have yo pay if you had to understand who to vote for.

        Bring back the old literacy tests while you’re at it.

        Plus then it would allow people like your local mail carrier to run for things like school committee.

        They aren’t? If yes how would that change?

        • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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          3 months ago

          How?

          Good question. I said should, not could… it would take a constitutional change, which is currently impossible. I used to think a lot about this, and there just is no law that wouldn’t get stricken down if passed.

          Bring back the old literacy tests while you’re at it

          Pfft. The two are not the same. You could be perfectly illiterate and still find out what the supposed values of the politicians were by simply listening to them, or just talking to others about policy and politicians ties to them, like we used to.

          They aren’t? If yes how would that change?

          The Hatch Act applies to all career federal civil servants and prevents anyone under that designation from running from office in any partisan race. Meaning if your local government doesn’t allow political affiliations to be listed, then you can run for dog catcher or school committee or whatever. Non-partisan local elections used to be the norm, now they are exceptionally rare. Forcing every election to be non-partisan opens up a bunch of likely trustworthy people to be able participate in politics through running for offices.

  • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Amazing that they recognize how awful that interview went, but still think it’s the interviewers’ fault for asking him questions and not Trump’s fault for being a belligerent idiot.