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I saw him use the word ‘trust’ but I feel like what’s needed is mutual de escalation. Like a return to a more moderate agenda from all political sides, shedding

I saw him use the word ‘trust’ but I feel like what’s needed is mutual de escalation. Like a return to a more moderate agenda from all political sides, shedding the more extreme positions for something largely agreeable. Maybe a return to respecting basic constitutional rights and individual rights over “agendas”. Otherwise we risk inviting more extreme politicians from each side, with each one using their power more “fully” than the previous one, until SOMEONE becomes a real full fledged autocrat.

SOLAR_FIELDS 1y ago
You know what solves this? A multi party political system where people have to compromise to form a functional government. This First Past the Post nonsense is really the root of the US current situation
- dragonwriter 1y ago
  Note that people have to compromise in FPTP, too, the difference is that in a multiparty system compromises across the middle after an election are more normal, in FPTP, compromises within each of two sides, each seeking to carve out an electoral plurality and dependent on the most committed forces on their “side” of the middle, are functionally necessary. (Also, on FPTP, alienating a voter from the opposing coalition from voting entirely is half as good as winning a vote, whereas alienating voters is much less effective in a multiparty system.)
pydry 1y ago
"Middle of the road" politics will only become popular again if it stops being broken, corrupted and co-opted. It doesnt seem to want to fix itself, either. So, more extremism is inevitable. Far right extremism will prevail though. As the plutocracy gradually gives up on "moderate liberal" politics it will throw its weight behind the far right.
- frogperson 1y ago
  The extreme right cant hold power for ever, they might win some short term pyrrhic victories, but their policies just dont appeal to the majority. The American public might seem slugish abd slow to act, but at some point they will 100% put a stop to all this non-sense. I believe this becuase americans are quiye possibly the most stubborn, loud, entitled, and armed group of people to ever exist. They simply wont stay down forever.
  - pydry 1y ago
    No political system lasts forever. The far right can certainly dismantle democracy so that it doesnt really matter what people want though.

SOLAR_FIELDS 1y ago

You know what solves this? A multi party political system where people have to compromise to form a functional government. This First Past the Post nonsense is really the root of the US current situation

dragonwriter 1y ago
Note that people have to compromise in FPTP, too, the difference is that in a multiparty system compromises across the middle after an election are more normal, in FPTP, compromises within each of two sides, each seeking to carve out an electoral plurality and dependent on the most committed forces on their “side” of the middle, are functionally necessary. (Also, on FPTP, alienating a voter from the opposing coalition from voting entirely is half as good as winning a vote, whereas alienating voters is much less effective in a multiparty system.)

pydry 1y ago

"Middle of the road" politics will only become popular again if it stops being broken, corrupted and co-opted. It doesnt seem to want to fix itself, either. So, more extremism is inevitable. Far right extremism will prevail though. As the plutocracy gradually gives up on "moderate liberal" politics it will throw its weight behind the far right.

frogperson 1y ago
The extreme right cant hold power for ever, they might win some short term pyrrhic victories, but their policies just dont appeal to the majority. The American public might seem slugish abd slow to act, but at some point they will 100% put a stop to all this non-sense. I believe this becuase americans are quiye possibly the most stubborn, loud, entitled, and armed group of people to ever exist. They simply wont stay down forever.
- pydry 1y ago
  No political system lasts forever. The far right can certainly dismantle democracy so that it doesnt really matter what people want though.