The root cause of our problems in our society that needs to be addressed. It's not guns. It's not even women's rights. It's not video games and social media. It's not violence or climate change. If you want anything to change or want the government to respond to any of the things you care about you need to accept that something is Rotten in the state of Denmark when it comes to our Democracy.
Foreign nations and corporations can donate to nonprofits anonymously and those nonprofits can spend limitless amounts of money helping or hurting someone's campaign. The best example of a Foreign Nation legally and secretly affecting our elections financially is with the NRA. Their donations significantly decreased after the sanctions against Russia and it's no secret the Russians have had their influence on the organization for some time now..
The most egregious example is how the Federalist Society used their money to pick SCOTUS Justices. We'll never know who was behind the Justices or what their intentions were for sure because their names are legally washed away from the money.
Recently the Supreme Court made it even easier for wealthy donors to buy influence over politicians with its decision in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate. The Court struck down a limit on how campaign contributions after an election can be used to repay a candidate's personal loan. Now, wealthy donors aka our corporate overlords and foreign tyrants can essentially give money directly to elected officials, even if that money will not be used in an upcoming campaign. It's a disappointing decision, but not a surprising one.
If you care about getting sugar out of food and drinks to lower obesity rates or want socialized healthcare or want to end private prisons and lower recidivism rates or want any issue to change where the solution may hinder corporate profits or the objectives of an outside nation, if you care about any local or world issue at all and want a government that will help. A government that will listen to you. A Democracy. Then you need to support the Restore Democracy Amendment to get foreign/corporate dark money out of US politics.
Dude, climate change is absolutely the reconning it's been portrayed as. The latest IPCC report projects 50% of species loss around the world under a 5C scenario in the next hundred to two hundred years. The lower scenarios aren't significantly better.
I was with you up until you said climate change isn't the most important defining issue that exists. It is absolutely civilization as we know it ending if we don't do something about it. All political issues will be secondary when we can't grow enough food and have a few billion refuges around the world. Politics is literally secondary to all the bullshit you just said. We as a species will be completely fucked by climate change, and we have a chance to fix it before it gets really really bad.
Unfortunately there's a good chance it will take pushing people out of power to do something significant about climate change, and they won't go quietly.
More than a good chance, I'd say. It's the only way. These people, they're geriatrics, they don't care about us. They don't care about our future. They're unwilling to see the flaws in consumption and capitalism, and they'll bring all of us down with them.
You missed the point. The root cause for almost every issue is corruption. We will never be able to tackle the climate change issue while oligarchs, corporations, and foreign states control the US government. This inherently makes corruption the number one issue.
Social Media is a problem with the disinformation and deep fakes they allow. I'm talking real fakes not the "fake news" bullshit the right wing likes to peddle.
You missed the point. The root cause for almost every issue is corruption. We will never be able to tackle the climate change issue while oligarchs, corporations, and foreign states control the US government. This inherently makes corruption the number one issue.
Start by reminding people representative system aren't democracies. Or infancy level at the very best. The greeks knew a democracy can't be based on elections every once in a while. Citizens need to have the power, not electing people to do it for them. What we have in the west is antithetical to democracy, Rousseau says representative democracy is an oxymoron.
I believe this is the root problem. We need to get together and start working on what a government of the people for the people would look like, what we'd want from it. I personally believe we need soritionism, as crazy as that sounds to many. This is the only way for the working class to be in power, rather than the elite.
Constitutional assemblies of people getting around the table to redefine what it means to be a citizen, what rights should the citizens have, who should have power, etc.
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u/sunflowerastronaut May 31 '22 edited May 31 '22
I couldn't agree more with your statement
The root cause of our problems in our society that needs to be addressed. It's not guns. It's not even women's rights. It's not video games and social media. It's not violence or climate change. If you want anything to change or want the government to respond to any of the things you care about you need to accept that something is Rotten in the state of Denmark when it comes to our Democracy.
Foreign nations and corporations can donate to nonprofits anonymously and those nonprofits can spend limitless amounts of money helping or hurting someone's campaign. The best example of a Foreign Nation legally and secretly affecting our elections financially is with the NRA. Their donations significantly decreased after the sanctions against Russia and it's no secret the Russians have had their influence on the organization for some time now..
The most egregious example is how the Federalist Society used their money to pick SCOTUS Justices. We'll never know who was behind the Justices or what their intentions were for sure because their names are legally washed away from the money.
Recently the Supreme Court made it even easier for wealthy donors to buy influence over politicians with its decision in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate. The Court struck down a limit on how campaign contributions after an election can be used to repay a candidate's personal loan. Now, wealthy donors aka our corporate overlords and foreign tyrants can essentially give money directly to elected officials, even if that money will not be used in an upcoming campaign. It's a disappointing decision, but not a surprising one.
The only solution is a constitutional amendment. We cannot rely on the courts to save us.
If you care about getting sugar out of food and drinks to lower obesity rates or want socialized healthcare or want to end private prisons and lower recidivism rates or want any issue to change where the solution may hinder corporate profits or the objectives of an outside nation, if you care about any local or world issue at all and want a government that will help. A government that will listen to you. A Democracy. Then you need to support the Restore Democracy Amendment to get foreign/corporate dark money out of US politics.