return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 4 months agoStudy: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.act.represent.usexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1814arrow-down127cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareJentu@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoIf history tells us anything, fascists love advertising that they’re actually socialists and that you should definitely vote for them. And North Carolina got a little taste of what that might feel like last year.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat’s a problem no matter how government officials are elected, and therefore irrelevant.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIn a country where 1/3rd of the country is either fascist or a fascist sympathizer? No thanks.
minus-squareJentu@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoAs opposed to the 50%+ we have in office now?
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAt no point have I indicated that was acceptable either.
If history tells us anything, fascists love advertising that they’re actually socialists and that you should definitely vote for them. And North Carolina got a little taste of what that might feel like last year.
That’s a problem no matter how government officials are elected, and therefore irrelevant.
Sortition
In a country where 1/3rd of the country is either fascist or a fascist sympathizer? No thanks.
As opposed to the 50%+ we have in office now?
At no point have I indicated that was acceptable either.