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How do you propose we fix the government when the government is trying to run the government into the ground and the only way to fix it is through the governmen
by craftyguy 8y ago
How do you propose we fix the government when the government is trying to run the government into the ground and the only way to fix it is through the government?
> Fix the issues with officials lying
The only way to do that is by either 1: prosecuting them or 2: disbanding the FCC and forming a new regulatory body that is elected by the people (either directly or by elected representation). I was advocating for #2. #1 is largely a joke when targeting high ranking officials.
- skywhopper 8y agoElecting the FCC makes no sense. The rules are set by Congress, who we do elect. The FCC interprets and enforces those rules, but if they make poor decisions, Congress can change the rules.
- dlp211 8y agoTo pile onto this comment, the Republicans in Congress can join the Democrats any time they want to and ensgrine net neutrality as the law of the land.
- monocasa 8y agoWhat's wrong with prosecuting public officials who lie to the public? Make all official statements de facto under oath.
- jack9 8y agoThe futility of trying to equivocate truth was illustrated by the Clinton trial, or taking any community college philosophy class.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y agoAnd yet, trials exist.
- jack9 8y agoWith predictable outcomes. Liars avoid prosecution and weasel out of consequence, even with dedicated decisioning.
- EGreg 8y agoThis is why I prefer direct democracy and polling about policies to voting for representatives. Actual statistical sampling can be applied instead of a bunch of crap, gerrymandering and lobbying.
- mcny 8y agoWe first need to get people to care and be involved. Apparently, under a third of the colonists actually supported independence from England. If I mention repealing CFAA, I can't find anyone to support the idea. I think the topic would never pass any committee much less on the floor.