• rockettaco37@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      As much as I hate to say it, I fully agree. We need something drastic to happen so that the population will open its eyes.

      On a completely separate topic, I think states need to become a lot more independent from the federal government. I’m in NY for example and I’ve never felt prouder of my state than right now

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        1 year ago

        I think states need to become a lot more independent from the federal government.

        Most red states would collapse. Not that I care anymore. They’re leeches.

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      This kind of goes as a warning over what happens when a democracy isn’t set up in such a way to prevent this thing from happening. Just getting rid of first past the post elections could’ve helped in preventing this and had given us a more balanced government that wouldn’t have been so easily captured by moneyed interests.

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        1 year ago

        The electoral college was actually intended to prevent this exact scenario. Of course, it failed spectacularly.