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Old 09-24-2020, 11:24 PM
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Default Re: Post-Trump Democracy

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Originally Posted by ChuckF View Post
Congress cannot fix the damage that Trump has done. The only chance of restoring these values is a thorough de-Trumpification campaign and reconciliation process, and an internal reconstruction. It must be bold, rapid, and overwhelming. Which is why I do not have confidence that Democrats will be able to do it. I think it's much more likely that Democrats will think that winning the White House and control of Congress will simply return things to normal, and will try to carry on as if it did, i.e. acting like Republicans have any interest whatsoever in government beyond advancing white supremacy.
Yeah, my fantasy is that the Republican Party is over, we completely overhaul our voting system to eliminate the electoral college and do ranked choice. That's the only way we're ever going to have viable third parties instead of showboating election spoilers for edgelords.

If we are stuck with two for a while, though, the Democrats should be the right wing and someone else takes the left. I almost don't care who, as long as they're actually kind of left.

Or break up the country. We're too damned big anyway. Maybe we could be a union like Europe or something, but the more I think about it, the more I think the whole concept of the US is kind of stupid anyway. I dunno, though. I haven't thought this through really beyond, "Guh, this is stupid anyway."

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