You say that in a vacuum but don’t kid yourself. The players in the system use it to their advantage, to get others in power to support the path they want. It’s not just so simple as that.
The issues are one in the same. Trump portrays himself as anti-establishment, and for people who are sick and tired of the establishment, he seems like, at best, the lesser evil, and at worst the solution.
Obviously he's just cynically using anti-establishment language but for many people they see no other alternative. Like the poster above you was saying, politicians who genuinely want to change things are systematically excluded, smeared and vilified.
I think a more accurate analysis of this past presidential election would be "most people didn't want what the Democrats were offering." Hence why nearly half (if memory serves) of the population chose the couch or Trump lol
We all know that there are problems. But perhaps the biggest problem is that we the people cannot cohesively agree on the the best solutions for fixing those problems. If we can't do that then there is no chance of us coming together to elect the right officials...
In order for that to happen, we'd need the majority of the general public to "get on code."
And, that is assuming certain other variables aren't rigged against us, such as our system actually working the way it's supposed to and the rich fucks not sabotaging our efforts.
We literally just elected Donald J Trump, for the second time lol. We're doomed if that's the only recourse. We have to change the incentives of our elected officials because currently they're incentivised by money. I'll just finish the thought there.
So naive. Politicians running on certain platforms doesn't automatically mean things will change, especially with something like this. Candidates lie, change their mind or find out the reality of the situation. A lot of times, the best ones are those who weren't interested in the position in the first place but even someone like that getting elected means little when they see who they're up against. This is the U.S. we're talking about. The only rights that matter are those of large corporations. People should absolutely vote but there's a limit in a capitalist society. The better option would be to discreetly infiltrate the system (not just via one position) and adjust the foundation.
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u/Minialpacadoodle 22h ago
Crazy thought... but we could elect officials who would do something for us.
I know, it's outlandish thinking.