• profdc9@lemmy.world
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      We can’t do better because many voters are racists, gerrymandering, unlimited money in politics, media wants to sell eyeballs to have you view pharm, insurance, and car ads, We truly live in the best of all possible worlds.

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        You can’t do better because voters don’t get a say lol. These are who the DNC and RNC want you to pick from, because this is who will make the donor class more money.

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          Conspiracy theorists from the right claim that the deep state is trying to oppress trump. Conspiracy theorists from the left think that they are both hand picked and it’s all controlled.

          Both are equally stupid and unfounded.

          The reality is that it’s the natural outcome of a fptp voting system to devolve into two parties, and a natural consequence of gerrymandering is increased partisanship.

          The reason we can’t change anything is that people think a top down approach will work, and if only we could elect the correct president it would fix everything. But the reality if you want the system to change, it’s a slow process that comes from the bottom up.

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            I disagree. Change is violent and sudden. Often bloody. What you are experiencing is the decay of capitalism. Neoliberalism becomes fascism.

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              Change is constant. Sometimes it’s violent and sudden, but most times it’s subtle and gradual. If we were talking about something that needed a drastic change, yeah I might agree that this it might most likely come about via violence. But really were talking about how we select our representatives. Not some massively different system.

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                We do need drastic change. Right now your choices are genocide and climate apocalypse VS genocide and climate apocalypse. The people didn’t get a choice.

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      At some point in your life, you’ll shed that ageism and look to people with experience for advice.