Maybe run if there is no one good enough.
Gonna fund that? Pay for their time off?
I don’t know, how can you possibly expect me to answer that. What options do you have as your local representative? Maybe run if there is no one good enough.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wanderer@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Crowd source if need be? No other country, even poorer ones have this issue?
What the hell you guys on about.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t think you understand how it works in the US, nor how much time/effort which the working poor simply do not have. There’s a reason why most in politics are rich there.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Rich people in other countries want universal healthcare.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 8 months ago
Incidentally, ranked choice voting was on the ballot where I live in 2020. I actually did spend some time trying to spread the word and drum up support. It didn’t pass, so we’re right back where we started, and I live in one of the most liberal states in the country.
Our state senators, representatives and local government are actually pretty alright, as American government goes, but the fact of the matter is that the country is being held back by a tyranny of the minority and those of us who don’t live in the handful of battleground states that define elections don’t really have much power to influence that.
Getting any sort of federal-level change into effect is basically an impossibility, because (it is my view that) corruption is so rampant. We’d have to oust the majority of the House and Senate and replace them with reasonable people to have any chance of getting the votes for something like that. At this point all we can really do is hope to hold off the fascist wave that’s building.