Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldM to Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoJon Stewart's Debate Analysis: Trump's Blatant Lies and Biden's Senior Moments | The Daily Showyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
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minus-squarenieceandtows@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhy the fuck are these two the choices?!
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBecause the system is set up to prevent any real change for the benefit of the common people. So your choice is between the friendly, somewhat reasonable oligarchy stooge and the utterly deranged oligarchy stooge.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoA somewhat less pessimistic take: the system is set up to be self-stable. And it was also designed so that States would have most of the power, not the Federal government. At various points in history the common people did get benefits. New Deal. Universal suffrage. Civil rights. Abolition. But it always requires a critical mass of the population to support change.
Why the fuck are these two the choices?!
Because the system is set up to prevent any real change for the benefit of the common people. So your choice is between the friendly, somewhat reasonable oligarchy stooge and the utterly deranged oligarchy stooge.
A somewhat less pessimistic take: the system is set up to be self-stable.
And it was also designed so that States would have most of the power, not the Federal government.
At various points in history the common people did get benefits. New Deal. Universal suffrage. Civil rights. Abolition.
But it always requires a critical mass of the population to support change.