If those fools (the current batch of demos) ever regain power i do not EVER want to hear the word partisan again. I want NOTHING to ever go the republikkkans' way ever again. They've proven who they are. Fucking Nazis.
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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2025
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Under the Biden administration the Democrats had exactly 50 votes of 100 in the Senate if you factored in some very conservative Democrats who held everything up. If you don't want compromise you do need to vote in enough Dems to avoid Joe Manchin being able to hold everything up.
Y'all need to stop voting in paralyzed governments and then complaining they compromise and don't do anything.
Edit: This was not a fillibuster issue as they were always struggling to get 51 votes. And no, primarying Manchin was not the solution as the replacement would have just lost to a Republican who would have voted for Mitch McConnell as senate majority leader. Holding the Senate in a useful manner requires some margin.
You guys need a multiparty system.
And you need to weaken your federal government.
And you need to stop worshipping a bunch of 18th century slave owners.
Basically, the American political system is ridiculous.
Reforming it requires either violence or consensus, that's why we're stuck here
We need ranked choice voting and compulsory voting. The people who could add their votes and make a difference don't vote because "one vote doesn't make a difference". We make voting compulsory and you're gonna see a lot of people that can't afford the fine for not voting turn out
Before mandatory voting, first the day of elections needs to be a mandatory day off, with large fines to anything but the most absolute essential emergency services running.
Run the elections over two or three days, and require absolutely everyone to be given at least two of them off, no exceptions.
We need a war and a new constitution. Hate to say it, but the countries that the Allies bombed to shit in WW2 and had multinational efforts to rebuild and restructure legally have fared better modifying their guiding documents than the US. We’re hamstrung by poorly defined ideals and the interpretations of some rights while others are written in stone by ideologues.
Get a progressive to win a primary and Democrats are working with Republicans to defeat them.
Yeah... that's how democracy works. You vote for a party to do what you want and it's going to take a lot longer than you'd like. You don't vote for a party that'll do what you want and things get worse for you.
It's sad how Americans on both the left and the right are against democracy now. The American people have failed democracy and are incapable of admitting it.
When republicans win, they get their wildest fantasies. When dems win, we get nothing done because one rust belt jackass refuses to vote in line
How long do people need to wait though? It's been bummer comprise candidate after bummer compromise candidate for 50+ years while peoples lives are getting worse.
Rent is up, medical care is up, food is up, transportation is up, housing is up, yet wages are stagnant.
50% of all economic activity is driven by the top 10%, the working class is being entirely cut out of the economy as a consideration.
Sure the democrats are better than republicans, but that doesn't help people afford rent or go to the doctor, so wtf are people really voting for? The chance that in 20 years after a lot of compromise things might be slightly better maybe?
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What if, for every day the government is shut down, all elected members of congress, the senate, and maybe even the executive get 2 months taken off their term.
That way, they either get it figured out somewhat fast or we have a special election and elect people who can. Tired of these incompetent people getting away with being bad at their jobs. No other industry allows that - even food service workers can get felonies for mishandling food. That affects like, a few people at most. They are affecting MILLIONS
Fucking bots and fascists downvoting this
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