I think a big part of this is because an unfettered capitalist society drives heavy wealth inequities and unregulated business tends to do things to drive up profits that are detrimental to the economy as a whole while driving up their own individual wealth, such as stagnant wages and eating smaller companies which drives down employment as they consolidate and eliminate positions.
I have concerns about state level issues where the people overseeing elections decide to throw out or otherwise invalidate votes but that most likely can't be fixed at the federal level.
Raskin is a Democrat. So I think the fundamental problem he’s referring to is we have a significant part of an entire political party, its voters, and its propaganda apparatus that doesn’t believe elections are free and fair when they lose. For them, elections don’t decide who is in power. That’s already been decided since Democrats are considered illegitimate and the majority of the population that resides in our major economic and cultural centers is considered alien. Elections are just hoops we jump through before Republicans and their strongmen take over to “whip” this weak Jewish errr globalist trans loving vaccine taking nation into shape. Make ourselves into a truly strong homogeneous Christian nation, like Russia! MAGA!
What would a party supporting Trump’s people look like? The majority of Trump supporters are middle to upper class. They’re business owners, rural white farmers, land developers, tech CEOs, and people who work in finance. They consist of affluent people bored with their lives and folks wanting more tax cuts. If anything, they’ve been over represented over the years.
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I’d just prefer electing presidents by popular vote, like other elected officials.
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Good post. I’d just like to add that he feeds into the mentality of GOP voters that even the worst Republican is still better than ANY Democrat. How can anyone of any character still support Santos? I guess all that matters is power. McCarthy needs him to become speaker and he needs McCarthy to not make this a big deal. And Repub voters want to win, no matter the costs. Even if it means electing another narcissist who’ll say anything to get elected.What a stunning surprise….
Marjorie Taylor Greene Rages At Tulsi Gabbard For Not Going Easy On George Santos
The far-right Congress member was not happy about the Fox News guest host's takedown of her incoming House colleague.www.huffpost.com
Editorial | It’s not a lie if George Santos believes it | amNewYork
Pathological liar George Costanza of "Seinfeld" fame once said, "It's not a lie if you believe it." And it would seem that Congress Member-elect George Santos
What is not true about this statement from the above article: “In many ways, George Santos perfectly encapsulates the problem with the Republican Party today: the brazen lying to voters, the lack of personal responsibility, and the wholesale disrespect of government and its institutions.” I’m not inherently anti-Republican. But, from where I stand, that quote describes that party.
Remote work has made it possible for people to live anywhere (depending on job and policy). Some people want to move where it's cheaper, or just a smaller town.
Exactly. People moving from more expensive to less expensive states has been going on for at least my lifetime. Anyone else remember when there wasn’t anything between the Lehi Roller Mills and the prison? I remember as a kid going to a fun water park just above the prison and below widow maker road in Draper. One of my favorite rides used to be driving on what’s now Timp highway from I-15 Timp cave. There wasn’t anything out there and you could see the entire valley. Then Micron built their building. And then things exploded. Anyone else remember that narrow road? Utah in the 80s and early 90s was still a really rural place. Like there were still spaces in-between most towns so it actually mean something if you lived in Riverton, Sandy, etc. Now it’s just all endless sprawl.
