He’s too old.

What method of appointment would be better? I think there’s a whole host of issues with them, but I think most would be fixed simply with an 18 year term limit and some basic corruption laws

Emphasis on semi

Few things are impossible, but it’d definitely be a lot harder than you are imagining.

Wow hackerman should uhhh hack Facebook that’d be awesome they should do all these good things!

Thank you! This made my day all the better

The screw up that your generation made was merely voting for the lesser evil, and not attempting to run and campaign for the furthest left people that would create real change. You don’t stop at voting for the lesser evil, you also push into the next election with the goal to shove them out

Every time we choose better. Every time we vote for someone who’s an improvement. We slowly drive this country further left as we pull nail and tooth to get the moderates to understand how much better everything could be

Tencent does not care.

This would be much more impactful if it actually balanced it compared to total suicide rates to demonstrate guns create a meaningful increase in suicide. Otherwise viewers will simply thing people are doing the same amount by other methods in other countries

They’ve made some incredibly and impressively stupid strategic errors even leaving aside poor preparation and the stupidity of attacking iran. That’s what happens when you put bootlickers in charge.

You say “socialist democracy” as distinct from bourgeois elections but socialism describes an economic ideology, not a system of voting. It’s not a meaningful differentiator to show how your system is different. That alone makes me get the feeling you’re kinda just tossing word salads here. But, I would like you to explain what you mean before I dismiss it as such— perhaps it has a meaning I’m unfamiliar with.

precondition you wait for, it is forged through struggle. The 90% figure is wrong for a start, even in the US communist sympathys are quickly growing

Rapidly growing, part of why I’m optimistic in a peaceful solution. But I would say that’s much more for socialism than communism.

Bourgeois democracy won’t let you vote through its own abolition.

The beautiful part of democracy, even flawed ones, is that it can’t stop you once you gather enough support, it will bend to your will

It’s an important reform no matter what, even if we have to resort to other methods to take out the class first.

It’s quite possible it’s too late for the usa, but I still do want other democracies to push for it. Only 4 odd countries have it worldwide.

Worth saying, while grassroots is less common, it is not gone. Kat in il-9 is somewhat a good example of this though she failed community engagement and came from out of town so she’s unlikely to win. Though it is arguable how grassroots she is. Of course the top priority is revoking citizens united.

It’s one of the simplest ways of helping push countries to the left, because it allows you to have people vote for the leftist politicians without worrying about boosting a right wing politician or party, as first past the post forces, and also not forcing people to vote for parties, which lock out leftist candidates from being able to gain traction as easily such as in proportional voting systems.

Ranked choice and proportional voting are 2 very different concepts. You are falsely pretending they’re similar when they’re wildly different concepts. Only Ireland presently uses it from the eu, because they as well have an establishment, and ranked choice voting is anti establishment at its core.

Why are you trying to pretend they’re the same concept?

How do you expect to have a revolution if 90% of people don’t agree with your viewpoint? And I say that as a socialist. Pushing forward the agenda over the course of decades is more likely to be successful than a single revolution, in my opinion.

You do realize that ranked choice voting is one of the simplest and least violent ways to push forward progressive candidates right? Because it makes people comfortable with voting options that with first past the post would be throw away votes

There are people who have been fighting against all this for decades. Don’t lump them together.

Pritzker. Relatively progressive. Pro union, pro building up housing, pro worker’s rights, pro higher minimum wage, unrestrained in his support of lgbtq, and yet still Measured and budget conscious, which helps him be more palatable to the big stage.

I think he’s the best possible option that still has a good chance to win.

Politely, a lot of people don’t think that way, especially communists and anarchists which are common ideologies on lemmy. They truly do think of it as end all police.

In the US, you could be ruled out of a position as sheriff if you score too high on a damn IQ test.

The sheriff is an elected position for the record. You mean police officer. Not sheriff.