It's okay. I can take it. They no longer care about climate change or pollution, they no longer care about education or research and development. They care about keeping their corporate overlords rich and making emotionally charged political statements. They aren't as bad as the MAGA fools, but moderate Republicans have never been as bad as the far right lunatics. I just wish we had some logical democrats (somewhat progressive) or other party that could actually compete.
I wish we had better voters, as long as we are wishing for things we aren't going to ever get. Oh, and a pony. I want a pony. barfo
It's the system. Nobody worth a damn can make a decent living as a politician. You have to be crooked as a politician to bring in as much as you could in the private sector. So you get the lowest common denominator (and those who get no corporate support). The voters aren't actually the problem, IMO. That's by design.
Disagree. There is nothing in the design that says politicians shouldn't be paid a fair wage. Voters consistently punish politicians for salary increases, so they don't often try. If voters would treat lawmaking as a real job that they want to hire the best candidate for, they'd get plenty of good quality candidates. barfo
You make a good point - there is a vicious cycle here, for sure. The voters are uneducated because prior voters decided that education wasn't important. The voters make the system worse, and the system makes the voters worse. barfo
And from everything I've ever seen or experienced you can't improve the voters without first changing the system (short of tremendous suffering like Europe saw in WWI and WWII).
Europe after WW2. Japan after WW2... Germany as well... The US South after the Civil War... I feel like Canada did it... The Nordic and Scandinavian countries somehow went from Vikings to some of the happiest, best educated, and most healthy people in the world. I'm hoping we can do it without the devastating shock of those wars.
