“Genocide Will Continue”: Fury Grows as Harris Vows to Keep Biden’s Gaza Policy
truthout.org
Polls have shown pivoting away from Biden’s Gaza policy is popular among the public — but Harris is refusing the change.
  • ravhall@discuss.online
    43·
    2 months ago

    You’re asking for too much all at once. Don’t forget, these people are people and those people have to get things passed within a group. A single administration wouldn’t be able to do that, even if they tried.

    Of your list, what are you top 5 desires from a candidate regarding reform/actions within the country?

    • demesisxEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      I just made a list that I could think of. The top ones are at the top. Then, I just went into fantasy mode, obviously. TBH, I wanted to keep going. Haha.

      Here’s the only three I will absolutely fight someone over, though.

      • anti-genocide
      • Single Payer (not Medicare For All ^who want it^)
      • ending the two-party system (this one is probably the most important since it prevents the ever-rightward push that corporate personhood foist upon society but the fact that neither party offers my first two is yet another telltale sign of this warmonger vs. warmonger trap we find ourselves in here)
      • ravhall@discuss.online
        11·
        2 months ago

        I do think it would be a lot easier if we did not have any parties at all. However, I don’t think anybody’s going to go for that. I do agree with you that more than two would be a very good thing. I think the only way to accomplish that is by removing the electoral college and putting ranked voting In place. That is going to be difficult because it’s not up to the federal government how a state handles its voting.

        Guaranteed healthcare would be nice.

        I don’t want innocent people to die any more than you do. I also don’t think the US should be handing out weapons and cash to Israel anymore. However, there are relationships in place that are favored by a lot of powerful people. It’s also not a topic that “center” people care about. So when it comes to the presidency, pushing that topic is not going to win them any votes.

        It sucks, I know. One step at a time. And the next step is preventing Trump from getting into office again. I’m not overjoyed about the road we are on either, but that is the road we are on at this moment.

        • demesisxEnglish
          13·
          2 months ago

          Here’s a graphic that I like to show people that illustrates just what FPTP does to the voting makeup of Sweden’s government as a point of comparison. what FPTP would do to Sweden

          This graphic is a tad old now but it still paints the picture perfectly of how the two party system fucks us.

          • ravhall@discuss.online
            3·
            2 months ago

            I would like to stop feeling “totally fucked” when the house or senate flips red. A multicolor system—A rainbow if you will—would be far less stressful and I think would get a lot more done.