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> He was just explaining how the two-party system is one of those obviously broken mechanisms that effectively blocks against replacing it with one of the bette

> He was just explaining how the two-party system is one of those obviously broken mechanisms that effectively blocks against replacing it with one of the better alternatives I think this is self evident. How the hell US is heading to next Biden vs Trump. Again? How can anyone claim its that those are the best possible choices - or good choices? Trump is a fraud clearly claiming he is one and biden is barely capable to string two sentences together.

wizzwizz4 3y ago
> biden is barely capable to string two sentences together. A speech impediment is not necessarily an impediment to governance ability. Please, criticise him for the things he's actually done wrong (being a politician, I'm sure those are many), not for a life-long disability.
- me_me_me 3y ago
  Speach impediment? He is old. He keeps forgetting things around him, looses his thought mid sentence. Was caught with cue card written for a 'child'[0], his 'handler' on many occasions whisk him away when he starts rambling [1]. I don't know how people are unable to acknowledge basic fact you can see for yourself. Would you like to be in a car driven by Biden? Or a company run by trump? > Please, criticise him for the things he's actually done wrong Thats the thing. I don't believe biden is making any decisions, the show is run by whatever people around him (i presume leadership of dem party). It is the similar story with trump. Plenty of evidence, testimonies and leaks from his office. Him complaining that the reports are too long and should include his name in it and point how given matter relates to him. He was also caught multiple times when his aderol was running off. Difference is to manipulate trump you had to flatter him and appeal to his vanity or outright make him money (corruption). I am not left or right. I am just stating what everyone is able to observe. The system is not run by people you pick. The choice is between two puppets and whoever can control them (some more some less directly). The idea of big government used to be that presidents and parties are not able to enact changes as quickly due to bureaucracy and resistance of governmental agencies and institutions. But now the presidents are not even interested (trump) or capable of that (biden). Its suppose to be democracy not a cardboard cutout with democracy painted on it. [0] https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-flashes-extremely-simple-cue-card-instructions-at-meeting-2022-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-flashes-extremely-simp... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg25440ledA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg25440ledA
  - tmaly 3y ago
    Curious to hear how you would solve these issues.
  - wizzwizz4 3y ago
    > Speech impediment? [list of things that are not speech impediments] When I'm concentrating hard on a tricky problem, I often forget my surroundings. I've been known to get distracted mid-sentence, and I would love if somebody would discreetly interrupt me when I go off on unnecessary extended tangents. I write myself cue cards one might give a child because I learned how to write cue cards while I was a child, and it's a pretty good system that works for me – but, because my vision is good, I can write them small enough to palm discreetly. I would not want to be in a car driven by me. None of these things render me unfit for governance, organising, leading people, or understanding laws. In fact, I dabble in all of these things and, where I'm practised, I'm not half-bad. (Not exceptional, mind, but mostly competent.) I can even give speeches that appear memorised, given a month to write and a week to rehearse. I am not yet old, so nobody calls me senile. But if such attitudes are what I have to look forward to, even if I myself do not change at all, I think we should improve society somewhat. > > Please, criticise him for the things he's actually done wrong > Thats the thing. […] Thanks! This looks like it's about politics, not ableist ageism. (No comment on the validity of your criticism.)
ydnaclementine 3y ago
Probably not a new take, but it would make an extremely interesting election night if Trump were to run as an independent. Could potentially see states turn yellow This election year in general is going to be insane to watch
- OkayPhysicist 3y ago
  It would almost certainly result in a massive spoiler effect, handing the Democrats a landslide victory, unless the Republicans managed to completely and utterly drop the ball in putting forward a candidate that could beat Trump in at least a few states. That latter scenario would mark the death knell of the Republican party as an institution, leaving a power vacuum that Trump-aligned fascists would fill with an even further right party. First-past-the-post voting makes the 2 party system inevitable.
OkayPhysicist 3y ago
The key issue in US politics is that the Democrats have achieved a monopoly on reasonable governance. The right has completely abandoned moderation in favor of active malice. That means it doesn't matter who the Democrats put up for election. A fucking golden retriever would get my vote, because the GOP is committed to overt evil. That's not to say the Democrats are saints, or even not also evil. Most of them are in it to line their own pockets. But at least they're doing that without actively trying to make things worse. So they're approximately adequate. Voting third party introduces massive risk that the mustache-twirling, overtly fascist sympathizing party takes power, which isn't acceptable to most reasonable people. Which is why we need to get rid of first-past-the-post voting, but unfortunately those same parties that are currently entrenched in power are the only ones with the power to make that reform.

wizzwizz4 3y ago

> biden is barely capable to string two sentences together. A speech impediment is not necessarily an impediment to governance ability. Please, criticise him for the things he's actually done wrong (being a politician, I'm sure those are many), not for a life-long disability.

me_me_me 3y ago
Speach impediment? He is old. He keeps forgetting things around him, looses his thought mid sentence. Was caught with cue card written for a 'child'[0], his 'handler' on many occasions whisk him away when he starts rambling [1]. I don't know how people are unable to acknowledge basic fact you can see for yourself. Would you like to be in a car driven by Biden? Or a company run by trump? > Please, criticise him for the things he's actually done wrong Thats the thing. I don't believe biden is making any decisions, the show is run by whatever people around him (i presume leadership of dem party). It is the similar story with trump. Plenty of evidence, testimonies and leaks from his office. Him complaining that the reports are too long and should include his name in it and point how given matter relates to him. He was also caught multiple times when his aderol was running off. Difference is to manipulate trump you had to flatter him and appeal to his vanity or outright make him money (corruption). I am not left or right. I am just stating what everyone is able to observe. The system is not run by people you pick. The choice is between two puppets and whoever can control them (some more some less directly). The idea of big government used to be that presidents and parties are not able to enact changes as quickly due to bureaucracy and resistance of governmental agencies and institutions. But now the presidents are not even interested (trump) or capable of that (biden). Its suppose to be democracy not a cardboard cutout with democracy painted on it. [0] https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-flashes-extremely-simple-cue-card-instructions-at-meeting-2022-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-flashes-extremely-simp... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg25440ledA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg25440ledA
- tmaly 3y ago
  Curious to hear how you would solve these issues.
- wizzwizz4 3y ago
  > Speech impediment? [list of things that are not speech impediments] When I'm concentrating hard on a tricky problem, I often forget my surroundings. I've been known to get distracted mid-sentence, and I would love if somebody would discreetly interrupt me when I go off on unnecessary extended tangents. I write myself cue cards one might give a child because I learned how to write cue cards while I was a child, and it's a pretty good system that works for me – but, because my vision is good, I can write them small enough to palm discreetly. I would not want to be in a car driven by me. None of these things render me unfit for governance, organising, leading people, or understanding laws. In fact, I dabble in all of these things and, where I'm practised, I'm not half-bad. (Not exceptional, mind, but mostly competent.) I can even give speeches that appear memorised, given a month to write and a week to rehearse. I am not yet old, so nobody calls me senile. But if such attitudes are what I have to look forward to, even if I myself do not change at all, I think we should improve society somewhat. > > Please, criticise him for the things he's actually done wrong > Thats the thing. […] Thanks! This looks like it's about politics, not ableist ageism. (No comment on the validity of your criticism.)

ydnaclementine 3y ago

Probably not a new take, but it would make an extremely interesting election night if Trump were to run as an independent. Could potentially see states turn yellow This election year in general is going to be insane to watch

OkayPhysicist 3y ago
It would almost certainly result in a massive spoiler effect, handing the Democrats a landslide victory, unless the Republicans managed to completely and utterly drop the ball in putting forward a candidate that could beat Trump in at least a few states. That latter scenario would mark the death knell of the Republican party as an institution, leaving a power vacuum that Trump-aligned fascists would fill with an even further right party. First-past-the-post voting makes the 2 party system inevitable.

OkayPhysicist 3y ago

The key issue in US politics is that the Democrats have achieved a monopoly on reasonable governance. The right has completely abandoned moderation in favor of active malice. That means it doesn't matter who the Democrats put up for election. A fucking golden retriever would get my vote, because the GOP is committed to overt evil. That's not to say the Democrats are saints, or even not also evil. Most of them are in it to line their own pockets. But at least they're doing that without actively trying to make things worse. So they're approximately adequate. Voting third party introduces massive risk that the mustache-twirling, overtly fascist sympathizing party takes power, which isn't acceptable to most reasonable people. Which is why we need to get rid of first-past-the-post voting, but unfortunately those same parties that are currently entrenched in power are the only ones with the power to make that reform.