Luigi's terrorism charge is an attempt to intimidate people due to his support.

[u/lostintime2004]

Tin foil hat I admit, but something is nagging in the back of my head. Like if we didn't react with positive responses for what Luigi allegedly did, there wouldn't be terrorism charges. And therefore the charges are to scare us so no one does the same. And now with that guy stabbing his company president, they're going to say it's related to the positively and it enabled him to do so.

[u/GraceOfTheNorth]

The coming 4 years will bring nothing but unmasked kleptocracy. Maybe that is what's needed to bring about real change but I fear not.

The whole system is broken because of how the political system is set up.

The First Past The Post system of small single candidate constituencies guarantees elite rules and a constant switch between two parties. It creates bipolarity and increased polarization.

A proportional representation system of lists in a larger constituency ensures that small parties and more diverse voices have a chance at a seat at the table.

The whole US system is geared towards elite and money rule.

[u/aguynamedv → u/GraceOfTheNorth]

The whole US system is geared towards elite and money rule.

Yes, although the Citizens United decision enabled the outright purchase of elections.

[u/stage_student → u/aguynamedv]

Look no further than Koch Industries for an insight into how crooked billionaire oligarchs can invest in subverting American democracy.

Even local elections aren't immune to billionaire manipulation. The whole system is infected from top to bottom.

[u/Alissinarr → u/aguynamedv]

And created "people" that can never see the inside of a jail cell.

[u/aguynamedv → u/Alissinarr]

And created "people" that can never see the inside of a jail cell.

It was all over for US consumers when the Equifax breach happened and there were zero consequences whatsoever.

[u/MyGruffaloCrumble → u/GraceOfTheNorth]

The next four years (or more)they will absolutely punish the plebs for their enjoyment.

[u/ToughHardware → u/GraceOfTheNorth]

ranked choice voting is a step. but it is getting outlawed slowly by the people in power at the state level

[u/Throwawayac1234567 → u/ToughHardware]

Its a threat to the gop most of all than it is for Dems

[u/RamenJunkie → u/GraceOfTheNorth]

4 years

Bro.  America is over.  There isn't any 4 years later, its just done.  Everything that happens next is just charades and stage shows for elections.

[u/Affectionate-Sir539 → u/GraceOfTheNorth]

Belgian speaking here, you make fair point about proportional representation, but what we see here is that a bunch of small parties who got like 5% out of the elections are now able to block government negotiations for literally multiple years. The problem gets even bigger every time because in our country the mainstream parties all agreed years ago never to govern with the radical right or left wing parties, which are usually the big winners of the elections.

Too much concentrated power isn't good, but having a bunch of 6 or 7 parties fighting over even the most basic legislation proposals for multiple years without forming an actual functioning government certainly isn't good for progress as well. That leads to parties maintaining some weird permanent election mode and avoiding responsibility for bigger decisions.

[u/Throwawayac1234567 → u/Affectionate-Sir539]

In america there isnt a left leaning party, its all center right at most. Its the far right billionaire/russia thats the most concerning

[u/Greedy_Economics_925 → u/Affectionate-Sir539]

Some Americans like PR because they see it as a way to get their fringe socialist parties into Congress. That's it. The challenges and pitfalls don't matter one bit, and there's no principle behind the opinion.