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America doesn't live in a Democracy, it lives in a bipartisan and increasingly sectarian dissolution of Democracy originally based on gerrymandering, now based
by piltdownman 2y ago
America doesn't live in a Democracy, it lives in a bipartisan and increasingly sectarian dissolution of Democracy originally based on gerrymandering, now based on establishing Unitary executive theory through force.
Red Team/Blue Team isn't Democracy, its Oligarchy with extra steps - self-evident by the recent actions of an ultra-wealthy elite to shape political decision-making in ways that increase their wealth.
You need only look as far as the inauguration of 47 to be slapped in the face by the audacity of it - flanked by the Railway Barons of Silicon Valley - Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg - and bolstered by Tim Cook, Sam Altman, and Bernard Arnault.
The Fair Representation Act - which would solve a plethora of issues in one act - served to establish independent redistricting commissions in all states to prevent gerrymandering, whilst simultaneously introducing the proportional STV system of elections like we have in Ireland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Representation_Act_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Representation_Act_(Unite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote