• rusticus1773@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Your personal desire for QOL improvements is not on the top of my priority list. Until United v Citizens is overturned and we get ranked voting, nothing will ever change. Even then, the US is the only country in the world that had to have a Civil War to decide if slavery was bad. And 30% of the country still refers to that conflict as a “lost cause” and the “war of northern aggression”. There are plenty of societies elsewhere that have more empathy for fellow citizens. If you’re looking for personal QOL improvements without having to take them for yourself, I don’t think this is the best environment for you.

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      1 year ago

      Thankfully you aren’t the final say in prioritization of legislation. You think you’ve got it alllll figured out, yet here you are thinking dems are actually going to overturn citizens united, a move that would eliminate their stranglehold on us politics and end their days of being able to legally accept bribes while pointing at Republicans for their inability to do anything. Ranked choice voting is something each state will have to address on their own. There are many states that prohibit voter initiatives from getting ballot access through signatures. There are multiple states that have passed legislation banning ranked choice voting. Focus your efforts on things you can actually have an impact in driving.

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        1 year ago

        Where did I say Democrats will overturn Citizens v United? And I understand how ranked choice voting works, I’m the one that brought it up. Do you even vote? Or do you spend all day complaining about a capitalist system that doesn’t satisfy your QOL enough?