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I'm sure you'll get partisan political comments, but you're correct. I will note that I don't agree with "we" doing anything... our government is rather thorou

I'm sure you'll get partisan political comments, but you're correct. I will note that I don't agree with "we" doing anything... our government is rather thoroughly insulated from the will of the citizens of the US by its own design. The dysfunction in our government is due to years of slow decay that have culminated in the present situation. This crisis will hopefully force enough people to realize the problem exists and its scope that we can finally take steps to correct the issue. Electing a different party won't help, because we still have the electoral college, voter suppression, unlimited corporate donations, the spoils system, seniority in the legislature, and partisan judges on the supreme court. The Democrats are Corrupt and the GOP is corrupt. The two party system and first past the post have to go. We need to amend the constitution to avoid the situation recurring in the future. People are about to die because our president is a fool, and the fact that he's still in charge is the fault of all of us who voted or didn't vote over the past half century. In all honesty, I don't see anything in the government changing for this crisis... they can't change. Lots of people are going to get sick and die, and hopefully in the aftermath people will finally be angry enough to repair our country. Assuming there are enough of us left.

atomi 7y ago
We can start by not having a president that continues to peddle disinformation in a time of national crisis. I don't remember any other president in my lifetime being this factually incorrect this many times. Also as a matter of fact both sides are not at the same level in terms of corruption (number of criminal indictments and convictions) in modern white house administrations.
- izzydata 7y ago
  I agree, but corruption doesn't necessarily imply illegal. A lot of these people could be involved in setting the rules that they then place themselves above of. That's corruption, but not illegal.
simonebrunozzi 7y ago
> People are about to die because our president is a fool, and the fact that he's still in charge is the fault of all of us who voted or didn't vote over the past half century. This point of view is sobering. I am tired of people thinking that replacing a politician with another would solve every problem.

atomi 7y ago

We can start by not having a president that continues to peddle disinformation in a time of national crisis. I don't remember any other president in my lifetime being this factually incorrect this many times. Also as a matter of fact both sides are not at the same level in terms of corruption (number of criminal indictments and convictions) in modern white house administrations.

izzydata 7y ago
I agree, but corruption doesn't necessarily imply illegal. A lot of these people could be involved in setting the rules that they then place themselves above of. That's corruption, but not illegal.

simonebrunozzi 7y ago

> People are about to die because our president is a fool, and the fact that he's still in charge is the fault of all of us who voted or didn't vote over the past half century. This point of view is sobering. I am tired of people thinking that replacing a politician with another would solve every problem.