• tomatolung@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    First off this article is basically arguing that Lynn’s idea have become a religion in the Democratic party, and a religion that doesn’t answer anything.

    Second, the ways to fix this from a rooted evidence based method are State based and start with RCV and proportional voting. But it also means intentionalizing a institutional investment in people and ideas in democratic ideals which is taught, trained, placed, and promoted over decades, specifically focused on taking regulatory authority seriously.

    There’s more, but I’m tired of reading about ideas that critique without actionable answers. This is fixable but it’s going to take generation and intention… As well as attention… Which the American people don’t fucking have, even if we are all bloody angry.

    • Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      It took a Great Depression to unlodge the average person’s head from their asshole last time