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Vote them out. It's the only way.
by Mikeb85 4y ago
Vote them out. It's the only way.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThat doesn't really work; there's little to link a defeat with any one specific issue in most cases, and the replacement isn't likely to get in for any one specific issue either.
- indigochill 4y agoOnly to vote in the next round of special beneficiaries of this insider knowledge.
- _jal 4y agoThat only works for bad actors in an otherwise good system. Systemic incentives tend to make idealists into insiders. You can blame people for being human if you want, but you will keep getting the same results.
- retzkek 4y agoYes, punish them with a cushy private-sector job lobbying and/or on some corporate board, that'll teach 'em! This is not a game "we, the people" can win, any more than the pawns can win a chess tournament.
- soulofmischief 4y agoWhy hasn't this basic democratic tool worked for the last 150 years? Is it because We The People are completely brainwashed by our industrial puppetmasters at this point? The needle moves from voting to education. But how do I educate an entire generation about what they should demand from a government?
- Mikeb85 4y ago> Why hasn't this basic democratic tool worked for the last 150 years? It's worked in many places that aren't the US.
- soulofmischief 4y agoYes, but the subject of the thread is Washington. And we're using American terminology such as We The People. Do I need to emphasize further that I'm talking about the US in particular?
- Mikeb85 4y agoSo figure out what's wrong with the US and why voting out incumbents works for other countries.