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I wish that our government (the people who allowed them to be the middle man) would take some accountability. But I guess that would be uncharacteristic.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
Citizens voted these people in, the blames lies with the electorate.
- akira2501 5y ago
  The citizens without the ability to directly recall the elected are to blame? There is a serious power and attention imbalance here, and the laws to do not leave the power in the hands of the citizens outside of a single day every few years. It's hard for me to believe they are the source of the problem, particularly with such a shabby fourth estate.
  - x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
    The citizenry elects the people who could overturn the laws preventing a recall. It's just not that important to the citizenry.
- thatguy0900 5y ago
  The citizens cannot police the federal electorate. At best, they can police local politicians and maybe a few big ticket federal items. They have too much going on in their own lives to police federal politicians passing hundred page bills every week.
  - toomuchtodo 5y ago
    I don’t know what to tell you. A small minority of politicians can prevent progress, and there is little recourse for the rest of us. The buck has to stop somewhere.
    - thatguy0900 5y ago
      Unfortunately that seems to be the case. Outside of a few changing hot button topics they have basically free reign,and 99.99% of people will never hear about their actions.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    > The citizens cannot police the federal electorate. I thought the citizens are the federal electorate?
    - thatguy0900 5y ago
      You seem to be right, I understood that to mean the elected when it's the opposite. Though considering how heated politics is becoming I would say the sentence was still correct :)
- hanniabu 5y ago
  They get elected on one thing and do another. They should be held liable for misleading their base at the very least. Also misinformation and propaganda is rampant so it's very difficult to make educated decisions, now more than ever.

toomuchtodo 5y ago

Citizens voted these people in, the blames lies with the electorate.

akira2501 5y ago
The citizens without the ability to directly recall the elected are to blame? There is a serious power and attention imbalance here, and the laws to do not leave the power in the hands of the citizens outside of a single day every few years. It's hard for me to believe they are the source of the problem, particularly with such a shabby fourth estate.
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
  The citizenry elects the people who could overturn the laws preventing a recall. It's just not that important to the citizenry.
thatguy0900 5y ago
The citizens cannot police the federal electorate. At best, they can police local politicians and maybe a few big ticket federal items. They have too much going on in their own lives to police federal politicians passing hundred page bills every week.
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  I don’t know what to tell you. A small minority of politicians can prevent progress, and there is little recourse for the rest of us. The buck has to stop somewhere.
  - thatguy0900 5y ago
    Unfortunately that seems to be the case. Outside of a few changing hot button topics they have basically free reign,and 99.99% of people will never hear about their actions.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > The citizens cannot police the federal electorate. I thought the citizens are the federal electorate?
  - thatguy0900 5y ago
    You seem to be right, I understood that to mean the elected when it's the opposite. Though considering how heated politics is becoming I would say the sentence was still correct :)
hanniabu 5y ago
They get elected on one thing and do another. They should be held liable for misleading their base at the very least. Also misinformation and propaganda is rampant so it's very difficult to make educated decisions, now more than ever.