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>The sane reaction to that is "hey our government kinda sucks, we should change it via (voting/protesting/a coup/a revolution That's not a sane reaction; insan
by logicchains 4y ago
>The sane reaction to that is "hey our government kinda sucks, we should change it via (voting/protesting/a coup/a revolution
That's not a sane reaction; insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The military industrial complex is not going to be killed through the democratic process, because it owns both sides.
- KyeRussell 4y agoLet’s not conflate America’s “democratic process” with the democratic process. Your silly FPTP voting system is barely the tip of the iceberg.
- elcritch 4y agoThe underlying philosophy embedded in your statement is part of the issue in America in recent years: people have become apathetic. A representative government isn't a one time and you're done deal. It requires lots of people to genuinely put time and effort into it. Multiple times in the US'es history we've had even more greed, corruption, poverty, etc, but protests and social movements helped reset the needle. Things like normalizing 8 hour work shifts had to be fought for. Currently both major parties get away with a lot of what they do because most of us don't participate and force both sides to answer questions and be accountable. Like, I think pushing for non-winner takes all voting at some levels would be good. But I don't goto local party events or involve myself, so I can't complain too much.