882
So many solutions (lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

Americans have so thoroughly bought into the notion that democracy means an entrenched two-party system, that they instinctively view any suggestion to the contrary as "anti-democracy".

Virtually every other functioning democracy in the world manages to maintain legislative houses with anything from 6-20 parties represented in Government, but somehow you've created a self-fulfilling prophecy where it's impossible for you to have because it's impossible for you to have.

[-] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's cool in theory. In practice, US is a two-party system, and a regular person can't do shit about it. So you either vote for least bad party and organise and campaign to improve something, or you vote for most bad party and spend the whole time trying to survive while the most bad party kills most vulnerable people.
It's a shit system, US is deeply fucked. However, you don't go about fixing it by not understanding how it works

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

a regular person can’t do shit about it

Regular people can do everything about it. It just needs for people to stop telling them they can’t.

this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2025
882 points (100.0% liked)

Political Memes

9392 readers
2304 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS