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There’s definitely a burgeoning undercurrent of “no political solutions exist that can solve our problems”. It doesn’t seem exclusively limited to the “very on

There’s definitely a burgeoning undercurrent of “no political solutions exist that can solve our problems”. It doesn’t seem exclusively limited to the “very online” folks: anecdotally I’ve had it expressed to me irl from people on both the right and the left here in Portland. Primarily the right but, since the abortion SCOTUS leak, the frequency from the left has increased tremendously. And if the federal government is truly facing actual questions of legitimacy from both sides, they seem to be doing all they can to make the problem worse. We needed a Transparency Board and instead got a Disinformation Board.

epakai 4y ago
We need less transparency when it comes to lawmaking. Quit enabling corporations and constituents to buy and coerce our representatives' votes like they have since the 70s (sunshine laws). The disinformation comes because its an effective way to coerce those populations into influencing elected representatives. You take away visibility of voting (secret ballots, like real elections) and now nobody holds power over how an individual representative votes. No more fixed party line votes. Reduced public backlash to minimize shitty discourse. Its the only way to allow representatives to really align their votes with the people because otherwise we cant afford a seat at the table.