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While some of these solutions are good, I don't think any of them will make it through congress until well after Citizens United is appealed. TBH, trying to fix

While some of these solutions are good, I don't think any of them will make it through congress until well after Citizens United is appealed. TBH, trying to fix any problem of consequence in the US requires a functional Supreme Court, which we don't have.

prox 3y ago
It seems nobody cares about that sort of thing anymore. Voters vote “my guy” / “my tribe” and ignore the rest. And as long as the GOP can be blackmailed by the Trump faction, it won’t move a whole lot.
- tacocataco 3y ago
  Make political parties less important by switching out the First Past the Post voting system mosts states use for something like Ranked Choice voting. Introduce competition in the electoral process. A couple states already changed how they vote. We have the power. Edit: couldn't resist linking CGP Grey, my favorite youtuber https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo
  - prox 3y ago
    Thanks for the video, I really hope ranked choice will gain in popularity!
  - nick-of-time 3y ago
    Approval voting is simpler to understand, simpler to implement, and leaves people more satisfied on the whole. I think it's a better and more achievable goal than ranked-choice systems as a replacement for our utterly broken FPTP system. https://ncase.me/ballot/ https://ncase.me/ballot/
rhaway84773 3y ago
Most (all?) of those changes happened before Citizens United. While I agree none can be fixed until Citizens United is fixed, fixing Citizens United isn’t sufficient.
- HybridCurve 3y ago
  In this you are likely correct. It's really anything that is allowing unlimited money (goods or services) to flow into campaigns from industries or unknown origins. It's also the court which is limiting voting rights. Those are two good starts which will help shift power back to the electorate. I mean, it's bad that in our country we have to consider boycotting companies that donate to or support politicians/legislation which work to undermine democracy and such. This is plainly indicative of a broken system, where participating at the ballot box is insufficient to overcome corporate interests.

prox 3y ago

It seems nobody cares about that sort of thing anymore. Voters vote “my guy” / “my tribe” and ignore the rest. And as long as the GOP can be blackmailed by the Trump faction, it won’t move a whole lot.

tacocataco 3y ago
Make political parties less important by switching out the First Past the Post voting system mosts states use for something like Ranked Choice voting. Introduce competition in the electoral process. A couple states already changed how they vote. We have the power. Edit: couldn't resist linking CGP Grey, my favorite youtuber https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo
- prox 3y ago
  Thanks for the video, I really hope ranked choice will gain in popularity!
- nick-of-time 3y ago
  Approval voting is simpler to understand, simpler to implement, and leaves people more satisfied on the whole. I think it's a better and more achievable goal than ranked-choice systems as a replacement for our utterly broken FPTP system. https://ncase.me/ballot/ https://ncase.me/ballot/

rhaway84773 3y ago

Most (all?) of those changes happened before Citizens United. While I agree none can be fixed until Citizens United is fixed, fixing Citizens United isn’t sufficient.

HybridCurve 3y ago
In this you are likely correct. It's really anything that is allowing unlimited money (goods or services) to flow into campaigns from industries or unknown origins. It's also the court which is limiting voting rights. Those are two good starts which will help shift power back to the electorate. I mean, it's bad that in our country we have to consider boycotting companies that donate to or support politicians/legislation which work to undermine democracy and such. This is plainly indicative of a broken system, where participating at the ballot box is insufficient to overcome corporate interests.