To have genuine representative democracy, there first and foremost needs to be a truly democratic electoral system for the citizenry. The First Past The Post [FPTP] ballot largely masquerades as real democracy. And, of course, many voters get to wait in long, bad-weather lineups to participate.
Still, any U.S. president who'd make a serious attempt at implementing truly humane, progressive policies — notably universal single-payer healthcare, a significant reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions, military spending, a genuine anti-war effort, and increasing the minimum wage while also reigning in Wall Street abuse/corruption, etcetera — would likely be assassinated.
Bernie Sanders and documentarian Michael Moore come to mind as good examples of such a theoretical presidency. But Western virtual corpocracies ensure that any genuine progressive — rather than the usual DNC-implanted neo or fake liberal — would effectively be banned from just about everything in mainstream society, especially politics.
For anyone who hasn't already noticed, the corporate news-media, both conservative and neo-liberal [including The New York Times], are subjectively hostile toward Sanders; or they at least are critical of his ideals and desires, which would actually help disenfranchised, low- and no-incomed Americans.
“If voting changed anything [in favor of the weak/poor/disenfranchised] they’d have made it illegal.” ('Calamity' Jane Bodine, Our Brand Is Crisis)
So true! It is dangerous to vote for DTrumpf. He’s in the Putin camp.
Same with the Not Voting AHOLES like vin diesel!🤬
To have genuine representative democracy, there first and foremost needs to be a truly democratic electoral system for the citizenry. The First Past The Post [FPTP] ballot largely masquerades as real democracy. And, of course, many voters get to wait in long, bad-weather lineups to participate.
Still, any U.S. president who'd make a serious attempt at implementing truly humane, progressive policies — notably universal single-payer healthcare, a significant reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions, military spending, a genuine anti-war effort, and increasing the minimum wage while also reigning in Wall Street abuse/corruption, etcetera — would likely be assassinated.
Bernie Sanders and documentarian Michael Moore come to mind as good examples of such a theoretical presidency. But Western virtual corpocracies ensure that any genuine progressive — rather than the usual DNC-implanted neo or fake liberal — would effectively be banned from just about everything in mainstream society, especially politics.
For anyone who hasn't already noticed, the corporate news-media, both conservative and neo-liberal [including The New York Times], are subjectively hostile toward Sanders; or they at least are critical of his ideals and desires, which would actually help disenfranchised, low- and no-incomed Americans.
“If voting changed anything [in favor of the weak/poor/disenfranchised] they’d have made it illegal.” ('Calamity' Jane Bodine, Our Brand Is Crisis)
https://youtu.be/MmirKUAMgGo?si=MC84-gDSjasS4yM4&t=101
It’s a cult!
I love love this wonderful man