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So what can we do to make sure someone like Trump never becomes President again?
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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Yep. Ubiquitous crispr/genome editing can't come soon enough.
Every requirement bars good people.
Age requirement? Bars good people.
Needing to be a citizen? Bars good people.
Let's open the floodgates then. No rules to be applicable for presidency, which I remind you is the most powerful position on the planet. But who cares, right? Who cares that even McDonald's requires a high school education or GED to be applicable? They're elitists, that's what they are.
Winning votes should be the main requirement though. Its sad that voters are deluded enough to give votes to people like trump I do agree to that.
Do what we did this election but for every election. Democracy doesn't work if you don't participate. Also we need younger people in office too. There's a clear distinction between the younger folks and the older ones. The young simply do not put up with or entertain the right's bullshit.
A lot of things but I'm very focused on smashing the propaganda machine. As long as they're allowed to freely radicalize/brainwash people via cable and social media, we'll just keep sliding closer to utter chaos.
Abolish the Electoral College
Ban and punish Gerrymandering
Term limit and reduce everything from Senate to Supreme Court
Remove tax exempt status from religious groups
Expand treason umbrella to include crimes committed, supported and ignored by the current GOP
Ban and punish Gerrymandering
Term limit and reduce everything from Senate to Supreme Court
Remove tax exempt status from religious groups
Expand treason umbrella to include crimes committed, supported and ignored by the current GOP
Honestly I don't know if you do. Right now things are looking bleak. We need real change but I don't know if it is possible with how the U.S. government functions and will function under Biden.
This article communicates some of my worst fears for the future:
America's Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent
This article communicates some of my worst fears for the future:
America's Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent
This is a big one, too. Lots of stuff that Trump skirted around was because every other president just had the decorum to self-regulate and follow precedent, an unrepentant shitheel in the job just chucks gentlemen's agreements out the window like yesterday's trash.
Releasing tax records, maintaining regular press briefings, divesting of conflicts of interest, all that needs to be properly enshrined in law somewhere instead of just being a mere suggestion.
Oh and the ability for one man to just unilaterally slap sanctions and tariffs on other countries with practically no support behind for them from either party going in? That shit was nuts, how the hell do we have NO checks on that happening? What the FUCK.
Vote. Register more people to vote. Fight to improve voter protection laws and access. A significant portion of the country isn't interested in what we are selling. So make sure that the people who are hearing our message can vote and have their votes counted.
How to fix racism? Yes, with proper education, teaching about and implicitly living liberal values. Racism can very well be fixed. Those people you mention most possibly didn't have a liberal environment to grow up. But the environment you grow up, whether it's a conservative or liberal one, defines your future, it's actually the biggest indicator for which values people inherit (oh wonder). So yes. Education is the answer, through teaching liberal values, or to summarize - raising your fucking kids properly.
This.
Fixing gerrymandering and voting rights would make a HUGE difference on the political landscape of America, and should be a priority for Biden. Not because it would essentially give democrats huge margins in many states, but because people SHOULD be allowed to vote, like the felons in Florida that were barred from voting because they had fines against them.
I'm very interested in seeing how this ends up
Completely overhaul the broken system in the US, abolish the two-party system and make it so that someone without significant experience as a politician can never hold the highest office.
And in the end, maybe just completely abandon the idea of presidencies and instead have a group of people from different parties, backgrounds, ethicities and ages ruling the country together with no one holding supreme power over the others. That way, if one of those people turns out to be a goof, you don't have a complete moron running the entire country for four years.
And in the end, maybe just completely abandon the idea of presidencies and instead have a group of people from different parties, backgrounds, ethicities and ages ruling the country together with no one holding supreme power over the others. That way, if one of those people turns out to be a goof, you don't have a complete moron running the entire country for four years.
The Trump presidency revealed how utterly stupid and vile nearly half of our electorate is, so I expect another like him sooner rather than later. They may not win, but they're coming.
I have no idea. I mean, if coronavirus had never occurred (or if he had even semi-competently handled it) he probably would have been re-elected.
I'm so happy he lost, but that he got 71 million votes fucking up so unbelievably badly (and also increased his minority vote since 2016!) still has me shook. I'm not sure what would happen if a less self-destructive version of him appeared, one that could at least fake empathy and manners.
I'm so happy he lost, but that he got 71 million votes fucking up so unbelievably badly (and also increased his minority vote since 2016!) still has me shook. I'm not sure what would happen if a less self-destructive version of him appeared, one that could at least fake empathy and manners.
Materially improve the lives of the working class with universal social safety nets and benefits.
It's This. People have to understand that the tone starts locally, not at the top.
Put a limit on anyone older than 55 running... the same way no one younger than 35 can be president.
Eliminate the electoral college.
Give DC, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands senate seats.
Regulate the everloving fuck out of media organisations so they have to fact check every statement.
Spend at least half as much on education as on defence.
Make college free, or heavily subsidised.
Stop local control over school boards, and ensure civics classes for all students.
Make voting mandatory.
Ban political appointment to agency director positions... they should come from within the organisation.
Term limits for senators and congresspeople.
An independent commission against corruption.
Have actionable, enforcable, penalties for fucking up... for ignoring subpenas. This presidency, and Mitch, have shown that a system built on good faith doesn't work if people don't act in good faith.
Eliminate the electoral college.
Give DC, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands senate seats.
Regulate the everloving fuck out of media organisations so they have to fact check every statement.
Spend at least half as much on education as on defence.
Make college free, or heavily subsidised.
Stop local control over school boards, and ensure civics classes for all students.
Make voting mandatory.
Ban political appointment to agency director positions... they should come from within the organisation.
Term limits for senators and congresspeople.
An independent commission against corruption.
Have actionable, enforcable, penalties for fucking up... for ignoring subpenas. This presidency, and Mitch, have shown that a system built on good faith doesn't work if people don't act in good faith.
Be willing to call a spade a spade and retire Godwin's Law, amongst many other things already mentioned.
Pretty sure both of those are already covered by most corners of the internet but boy the world needs to be able to say "THIS PERSON IS A FASCIST" more readily next time(s).
Pretty sure both of those are already covered by most corners of the internet but boy the world needs to be able to say "THIS PERSON IS A FASCIST" more readily next time(s).
Ever again? Fix the education system, ingrain into kids how civics and the government works and why science is so important. Start regulating social media like yesterday with huge penalties for fake news distribution, and start taxing ultra rich mega corps fairly and distribute that money to help low income citizens. Also cyber attacks on Russia to take down the FSB and Putin. Enhance voting rights and make it easy to vote.
Yep. Propaganda alone cost Biden and senate/house seats Florida from "Biden is a socialist commie!" ads in Miami Dade.
There are age restrictions on becoming President. There should be a limit in serving any public office first to be eligible
Make sure whoever runs again someone like him is unfuckable. Trump threw everything at Biden, and nothing stuck. Not to say people have to be squeaky clean, but if there's any skeletons in your closet or perceived skeletons, you're fucked.
Step 1: Don't be a centrist shitter party. Reading the AOC interview is infuriating. If Democrats fail to make positive tangible change in the next 4 years and instead full on cater to status quo establishment centrism the US is fucked.
