Comment on If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for?
Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world 6 hours agoYes. I’m talking about an extremely direct legislative system.
Democracy is supposed to put decisions in the hands of the people. But in our current system, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Germany is the 13th most democratic country. And still lobbyists have such a heavy influence that they might as well be considered our legislative.
Some people might be annoyed to be called for citizens’s assembly duty. But democratic participation is vital if we want a fair system.
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Do you think the US should’ve been a socialist country years ago?
Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
No. To my knowledge, putting the means of production into the hands of the people was never a majority opinion. And democracy is important.
However, there are many social democratic policies that I believe have very broad support, and that still aren’t being implemented:
Then there are other policies that I think would be really good for the US, but I am not sure the support is bipartisan:
The latter category is also where I would place steps towards market socialism. For example federal laws that allow worker cooperatives (currently only some states allow them). And potentially even lowering the tax on worker co-ops compared to conventional companies.
What’s your opinion on those questions?