The "democratic" system in this country is not designed to serve the people. That is apparent by the fact that the "house of representatives" disregards over three quarters of the population.
Yeah, this. When people think "status quo" - meaning, functioning government - is the worst thing possible, and we need "change" or we "need to shake things up" (fer chrissakes....) the conservatives have ways of making it much, *much* worse.
Oh no, I'm referring to (I don't think there's a common name for it, so I made one up) compounding representation loss, where in a close floor vote the winning side was elected by less than(typically far less than) one quarter of the country.
Ironically, that's *why* they wanted him in there. Trump was the "blow everything up" candidate. Harris was the "everything stays the same" candidate. Now they're trying to blow up the flaming crater.
u/kmartburrito · 3 points · 2h ago
u/Jhex · 3 points · 2h ago
I'll believe it when the republicans are decimated in the mid terms and the democrats impeach, fire, try and jail the orange pedophile
u/GonzoAtBarstow · 24 points · 5h ago
I've been hearing his popularity is at "A NEW LOW!" of 30% for over a year. Seems pretty static to me. Hope it's enough.
u/mycodesucks · 6 points · 3h ago
Should've fucking thought about that before they put him there.
u/Fishnoodle · 4 points · 3h ago
No, we want him fucking dead. And every single appointee and large donor, asking with everyone whose a member of the heritage foundation.
u/JustPlainDave · 5 points · 3h ago
We've been hearing that his base is turning on him for the better part of a decade.
u/FreshParsnip · 2 points · 2h ago
It's something like how Disney somehow had about a dozen "first" gay characters
u/UnderpantsWeevil · 14 points · 4h ago
I've been hearing "The People have Spoken and they want A Change In Washington" for over a generation. Elections keep happening. What's changed?
u/phar · 11 points · 4h ago
I mean...a lot. But somehow we went in the wrong direction.
u/ShutUpWesley · 3 points · 3h ago
The "democratic" system in this country is not designed to serve the people. That is apparent by the fact that the "house of representatives" disregards over three quarters of the population.
u/CharlesDarwin · 9 points · 4h ago
Yeah, this. When people think "status quo" - meaning, functioning government - is the worst thing possible, and we need "change" or we "need to shake things up" (fer chrissakes....) the conservatives have ways of making it much, *much* worse.
u/51dusty · 1 points · 2h ago
IIRC, that's a _fairly_ recent modification because conservatives at the time didn't want to build the office space for additional representatives.
u/ShutUpWesley · 2 points · 1h ago
Oh no, I'm referring to (I don't think there's a common name for it, so I made one up) compounding representation loss, where in a close floor vote the winning side was elected by less than(typically far less than) one quarter of the country.
u/FaceDeer · 7 points · 3h ago
Ironically, that's *why* they wanted him in there. Trump was the "blow everything up" candidate. Harris was the "everything stays the same" candidate. Now they're trying to blow up the flaming crater.