• MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    That’s not true for the president. They are not picked by popular vote but the electoral college, and it’s “first to get half the Electoral College votes”, not who ever gets the most. It takes a literal majority, otherwise Congress or some other suits just get to pick.

    The US is absolutely not a democracy when it comes to 2/3rds of its branches of government.

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      10 months ago

      Considering the Senate is just two assholes per state and the House would have over a 1,000 members if we had the same ratio as 1789 I’d expand that to all three branches.

      It’s not a legitimate government, but we all pretend it is. Especially the people with guns.

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        10 months ago

        Well, a “legitimate” government just needs to retain control, and they definitely have control. Though yes, the US is definitely not a legitimate democracy.

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      10 months ago

      Idk about that. Maybe, but if we keep doing the same thing expecting different results, we’re definitely not getting them.

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        10 months ago

        The problem is you’re only focusing on one branch.

        Congress has an amazing amount of power… the problem is a majority of them are really only concerned with their own piece of the United States of Pie. Their first, second, and only concern is being re-electable. Start focusing on electing more people who actually have the people’s (all the people, not just their specific constituents, mind) best interest at heart and you can have effective change.

        Constantly focusing on the Presidential election, and only the Presidential election and you lose out on most of the power in this country.

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          Start focusing on electing more people who actually have the people’s (all the people, not just their specific constituents, mind) best interest at heart and you can have effective change.

          The problem is that the person you want to elect will lose to someone who selfishly serves their constituents, because their constituents vote for them.