Or perhaps the problem is just the dated US election and governmental system as a whole that is intrinsically less democratic than most of the remaining monarchies are by now?
If only it were that easy… European countries with supposedly “better” burgoise democracies are in decline too. The crisis of capitalism is universal. You can’t reduce it to a crisis of democracy, though that’s part of it. It’s also a crisis of production, nature, unawaged reproductive labor and imperialism. All of this has to be addressed at the same time.
Would things be great under Democrats? No. Would things be NOT ENTIRELY THIS FUCKED right now? Fucking yes. There’s such a thing as progressing and we are not getting that by withholding votes and letting the literal Nazi side have full power
Democrats just approved continued ICE funding. So clearly this is what they want
SHE HAD A FUNNY LAUGH!
Got any evidence of that happening?
Of what happening?
I don’t care. The opinions of liberals means very little to me.
This is the system you have. If you don’t vote you’re part of the problem
Only voting you can ask to elected people to change things. Maybe ranked elections would allow more parties and candidates
Only [by] voting you can ask to elected people to change things.
How about we replace that system with one where we don’t have to ask nicely to change things for the better?
What system accomplishes that?
A council democracy, for example. Or a federated commune of communes.
So, add a recall election mechanism and let everything else play out the same?
Because most parts of the US would probably reelect the same candidate if an election was held tomorrow (literally the standard polling question).
Renaming things doesn’t make them work better.
So, add a recall election mechanism and let everything else play out the same?
No, that’s not what I said. I want to abolish rulers completely.
Council democracy isn’t based on electoral parliament, but on general assemblies.
