Do you really maintain the ilusion that any American if asked to pick the two most competent people to run the country would have selected Joe Biden or Donald Trump? Do you feel that the elected representatives you have are acting in accordance with the will of the American people? Mike Johnson the newly elected speaker of the house is a known election denier. I would say he’s someone who seeks to abolish democratic rule who, while you didn’t vote for him, got into power anyway.
So America is being run by a select group of elites that the people don’t want doing things that they don’t like. In fact a group of 17th century slave owners did not set up the best form of government because they liked freedom so much but instead enshrined a system to guarantee and preserve their own material interests. You sneer at the those who choose not to imitate you because you’ve been indoctrinated to the belief that non western savages couldn’t possibly come up with anything better. You are wrong (looking directly at you with undisguised contempt).
I don’t know what gave you the impression that I am an American, but I am not. And honestly, I wouldn’t call the US a model democracy, it definitely has markings of an oligarchy.
(looking at you with confusion)
Ok, I agree that politicians are often corrupt and don’t necessarily act in the interest of the people, but what does this have to do with centrism?
Anyway, if you wanna get rid of politicians, what do you propose?
Im all for some kind of direct democracy, in the age of the internet this isn’t even unrealistic anymore. Proposals could be made and voted on just like Lemmy posts. Or if we wanna stick with elected officials, we might implement some real time election system, where instead of voting every few years, you could just register your vote in a monthly poll on any device with internet access (of course this would require everyone to have internet access at least once a month)
Do you really maintain the ilusion that any American if asked to pick the two most competent people to run the country would have selected Joe Biden or Donald Trump? Do you feel that the elected representatives you have are acting in accordance with the will of the American people? Mike Johnson the newly elected speaker of the house is a known election denier. I would say he’s someone who seeks to abolish democratic rule who, while you didn’t vote for him, got into power anyway.
So America is being run by a select group of elites that the people don’t want doing things that they don’t like. In fact a group of 17th century slave owners did not set up the best form of government because they liked freedom so much but instead enshrined a system to guarantee and preserve their own material interests. You sneer at the those who choose not to imitate you because you’ve been indoctrinated to the belief that non western savages couldn’t possibly come up with anything better. You are wrong (looking directly at you with undisguised contempt).
I don’t know what gave you the impression that I am an American, but I am not. And honestly, I wouldn’t call the US a model democracy, it definitely has markings of an oligarchy. (looking at you with confusion)
I’m sorry, repeat my statement and insert your own shitty politicians. I shouldn’t have assumed
Ok, I agree that politicians are often corrupt and don’t necessarily act in the interest of the people, but what does this have to do with centrism?
Anyway, if you wanna get rid of politicians, what do you propose?
Im all for some kind of direct democracy, in the age of the internet this isn’t even unrealistic anymore. Proposals could be made and voted on just like Lemmy posts. Or if we wanna stick with elected officials, we might implement some real time election system, where instead of voting every few years, you could just register your vote in a monthly poll on any device with internet access (of course this would require everyone to have internet access at least once a month)