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I hate to be one of those "both party" people (clearly, the Dems are a lesser extreme, even though both have slid towards conservative positions) but both part

I hate to be one of those "both party" people (clearly, the Dems are a lesser extreme, even though both have slid towards conservative positions) but both parties have represented less and less of the population and seem to actively stoke political disenfranchisement in the nation, playing towards a fervent party base who don't examine passed policy but only look at talking points. This can be seen in both foreign policy and the filibuster legislation, as well as previous promises of codifying Roe v. Wade. I'd like to say this is a sad "day" but this slide truly started during the Reagan era, quickened during the Gingrich era and Clinton turned the Democrats into the center right party in a lot of their practical policies(foreign policy, military budget, corporate spending, corporate rights). And while the center right policy might actual message well to a lot of America, they try to sell to a fringe left for some reason.

hedora 4y ago
It only takes 12% (edit: 5%) of the US vote for the small states (which are almost all Republican) to mount a filibuster. I'm tired of the excuses. We're facing multiple existential crises, and a small, antidemocratic, minority is blocking action that has broad popular support. All citizens over 18 should have a vote, and all votes should have equal weight. Source on the 12%: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/2jnmbe/i_did_the_math_12_of_the_us_population_controls/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/2jnmbe/i_did_the_... Which I misread. It takes 12% of the vote to create a filibuster proof majority from small red states, and 5% for those states to sustain a fillibuster.
- usrn 4y ago
  The people who live in those places are also facing existential problems that get completely ignored by people like you. The solution is to give individual communities like states more control over the law so that people who feel strongly about things like this (on both sides) have more control.
  - saxonww 4y ago
    > The people who live in those places are also facing existential problems No, they are not.

hedora 4y ago

It only takes 12% (edit: 5%) of the US vote for the small states (which are almost all Republican) to mount a filibuster. I'm tired of the excuses. We're facing multiple existential crises, and a small, antidemocratic, minority is blocking action that has broad popular support. All citizens over 18 should have a vote, and all votes should have equal weight. Source on the 12%: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/2jnmbe/i_did_the_math_12_of_the_us_population_controls/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/2jnmbe/i_did_the_... Which I misread. It takes 12% of the vote to create a filibuster proof majority from small red states, and 5% for those states to sustain a fillibuster.

usrn 4y ago
The people who live in those places are also facing existential problems that get completely ignored by people like you. The solution is to give individual communities like states more control over the law so that people who feel strongly about things like this (on both sides) have more control.
- saxonww 4y ago
  > The people who live in those places are also facing existential problems No, they are not.