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  • cum@lemmy.cafe
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    8 months ago

    Once the hateful boomers die out, the republican party will be finished. They know this and is why they have been focusing on voter suppression so much.

    • pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      They nearly overrode the vote last time around. They faced no consequences and they’re very close to being in a position to do it again and make lasting changes to seize power forever. Nothing good is guaranteed.

      And they’re rewriting education including made up history to ensure that more kids are conservative in future generations. Things aren’t looking good.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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        8 months ago

        They faced no consequences

        Except the 200+ people who were convicted and are currently sitting in jail.

        And, as cynical as we might be, we have to remember that Trump’s various trials are not over yet.

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          8 months ago

          Ues. The pawns were convicted and the people with actual power faced no consequences. The ringleader could very well be elected president where he ignored the law consistently. His trials keep getting delayed and the corrupt judge he appointed keeps helping him. It’s very scary times.

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      8 months ago

      I remember seeing this comment on Digg while people speculated that W would be the last republican president elected for a generation.

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        8 months ago

        If the US president got elected by getting the most votes, there wouldn’t have been a Republican since Bush senior. I really don’t understand why electoral reform is not higher on the political agenda in the US.

        • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          8 months ago

          Having it based purely on a popular vote will still wind up with a 2 party system. Ranked voting needs to be implemented. All of the benefits of a popular vote, with actual checks and balances to elevate 3rd parties.

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          8 months ago

          The Democratic party and Republican party are united in their opposition to electoral reform because they both benefit the most from it.

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        8 months ago

        Hopefully the Democrats. No seriously, I hope the Dems become our more conservative party and we get a more progressive party. But… I’m not holding my breath, honestly. Feels like wishful thinking.

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        8 months ago

        A new party will pop up. The Federalist Party died out after Hamilton was shot and also the War of 1812. They fielded their last Presidential candidate in 1816 with 30.9% of the vote.

        Then the National Republican Party (different from the current Republican party) evolved out of the Democratic-Republican Party.

        Personally, I’d love it if Democrats became the right-most party by staying exactly as they are, and a new party breaks off of them or evolves out to their left.

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          8 months ago

          Democrats aren’t exactly a healthy representation of moderation. They’re too authoritarian for me to want the other party to be the actually-socialist party. Socialist and libertarian would be a balance, but it requires a big chunk of the Democrat platform to burn alongside MAGA. Honestly actually-socialist and actually-libertarian would be the two parties we really need today.

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            8 months ago

            actually-socialist and actually-libertarian would be the two parties we really need today

            they’re the same party

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              8 months ago

              Which one is that? I’m not sure you understand the difference if you think both can possibly be represented by the same party.