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Of course, there's a long list of items that help rig the system including outdated electoral votes, accepting unlimited funding from big business, the removal
by hanniabu 7y ago
Of course, there's a long list of items that help rig the system including outdated electoral votes, accepting unlimited funding from big business, the removal of term limits in 1995, and now the rampant gaslighting and spread of false news where the louder voice wins instead of facts coming out on top.
- rednerrus 7y agoI once had a PS professor that liked to say "The problem with our system is the people who vote."
- ajmurmann 7y agoI prefer this Milton Friedman quote, because we cannot make better people: > I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, the right people will not do the right thing either, or it they try, they will shortly be out of office.
- lidHanteyk 7y agoTo complement the sibling, here is another Friedman quote which hangs at the top of [0]: > We do not influence the course of events by persuading people that we are right when we make what they regard as radical proposals. Rather, we exert influence by keeping options available when something has to be done at a time of crisis. [0] http://www.erights.org/ http://www.erights.org/