Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency
Democrats have regained control of the US Senate, routing Republicans nationwide with historic victories that will give them powerful new leverage over Donald Trump for the remainder of his presidency.
Democrats will soon have the ability to hold up not just Trump’s legislative agenda, but also any appointments he makes to his cabinet or the federal judiciary – including the supreme court, where conservatives have a 6-3 majority.
Not good enough. We need the supermajority and we need to reshape the Dem leadership, the Supreme Court, etc. we need to dominate the next several election cycles.
I just hope this decisive result is in part because the republicans and Trump are SO bad that they have driven people to wake the fuck up and choose a more noble worldview.
I just hope it’s something other than fuel prices. I really hope that this result would be vaguely similar if the Iran war never happened. Having hope in people again would feel neat.
People didn’t change for centuries and they will not change in the forseeable future. Of course it is the fuel prices.
Its important to understand the voters and why we will never achieve an utopian state although we would be capable of doing so in theory.
One step at a time
One step in which direction though?
The correct one. Don’t both-sides-bad me right now.
Yes, nothing says democracy like the need to dominate.
Democracy is a competition of ideas. Do you have a proposal for some form of democracy that does not use elections?
The very first democracy, in Athena, had no elections.
A random citizen was picked up and had the duty to be the ruler for a term. After his term he would face a trial to defend his politic had been for the interest of the city. The citizens’ judgement was still a kind of vote, but after the term, to decide if the previous leader deserve honor, nothing, or death.
A Compromitocracy.
A less federalized government where states control their own destiny and the fed takes a back seat to domestic issues.
Still not my ideal though, just what seems most possible. Ideally we would unmake nation states and all self organize in small communes thst best reflects our values.