ZombieMantis
@ZombieMantis@lemmy.world
- Comment on Stay Mad 3 hours ago:
Then Congress would appoint the President. If, somehow, a Congress was also not elected, then the states would likely send delegates to do the same thing.
- Comment on Scared the shit out of me ngl 2 months ago:
In an alleyway. With a baseball bat. Politely.
- Comment on Lemmy is growing and they are coming 2 months ago:
Yep
- Comment on Lemmy is growing and they are coming 2 months ago:
Welcome to the club, bud 👍
- Comment on President Biden is now posting into the fediverse 2 months ago:
A nice first step. Here’s hoping they make a Mastodon account next.
- Comment on I'm a US citizen, people in other countries, what do you think when you read stories like these about the US health care system? 4 months ago:
I’m getting the impression that a lot of foreigners think the American public generally supports the current healthcare system. We don’t.
Complaining about our healthcare is practically a National pass time. We all want something better, but it’s also one more problem in a burning pile of problems, which we have few tools to fix.
Some good news, is that we’re making some small progress on that front. We’re finally begging to rebuild our unions, which were dismantled decades ago, and the American public is becoming more politically engaged. Hopefully, these trends continuing a positive direction, and are resilient to being torn down again.
- Comment on I'm a US citizen, people in other countries, what do you think when you read stories like these about the US health care system? 4 months ago:
There is some small progress in that direction, but the organizations which would allow us to actively act have long ago been dismantled. We’re only just recently begging to rebuild our unions here. I hope this time, organized labor is more resilient.
- Comment on I'm a US citizen, people in other countries, what do you think when you read stories like these about the US health care system? 4 months ago:
In our defense, the Republican “half” of the country aren’t actually half the country. They’re the smallest of the 3 major political affiliations among votin-age Americans: “None”, “Democrat”, and then “Republican”. In that order. “None” is the largest single political affiliation in America, and that has been a kind of negative feedback loop in our politics. People are disenfranchised and feel disconnected from the governance of our country, so they don’t (or can’t) vote, and because they don’t vote, they’re not represented in government and are easier to disenfranchise. This, and rampent legalized bribery, have created a great deal of our problems.
- Comment on What game fits this? 4 months ago:
Hearts of Iron 4
- Comment on YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave 5 months ago:
Nationalize YouTube.
Specifically, nationalize the backend, Google can keep their website. And place it in the hands of something like the UN, rather than any specific country. I hardly trust Uncle Sam any more than Google’s investors. They’ve successfully monopolized video hosting, now turn it into a public resource.
- Comment on HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly 5 months ago:
If they cannot be trusted to compete fairly in the market, they should not compete in the market. Dissolve them, nationalize them, I don’t care. We can’t afford this bad behavior any more.
- Comment on I'll never not want to 7 months ago:
This my Abby
- Comment on What makes a bicycle so expensive? 7 months ago:
200€ is Euros, about $212.