Democrats also love fossil fuel money.
Shouldnt the ficking population of the US do something about it? Why is it up to the democrats? Are the us population inept?
What?
I am an American citizen, this is a democratic republic, the thing I’m supposed to be doing about this is voting, which I’ve done religiously since my 18th birthday 22 years ago. It’s up to the democrats because that’s what we voted for them to do! It’s their literal job!! When you’re the opposition party it’s your job to fight for me, the person who elected you, that’s how this works! The rule of law is far more powerful than I could ever be, that’s why we vote, it’s a proxy for literal fighting. I’m “inept” at literally fighting because that’s not my, or anyone’s role in society I’m very capable of doing my job as a citizen of a democratic republic however, I vote, I write letters, I fundraise, I organize, I used to caucus until my state stoped doing that… my job is to be a citizen not a brawler. I’m doing my job, the Dems need to do theirs.
Why is it up to the democrats?
Because they’re the only ones imbued with the power to defeat legislation on behalf of the people who are not themselves members of the fascist cult, though most of them are so deeply in the pocket of fossil fuel interests that they need snorkels to breathe.
Are the us population inept?
Yes, and no. The people in charge of doing things the legal ways are REALLY into stopping people from threatening their power and revenue streams by any means necessary or unnecessary up to and including mass murder.
Even peacefully protesting against oil pipelines is illegal in most jurisdictions and considered TERRORISM in some.
Ever tried to attack a tank battalion armed with just whatever rocks you are able to pick up from the ground, Gaza style?
That’s about the power balance between regular people and powerful people in the US when the courts aren’t available. Often even when they are.
The second amendment imbues the people, us, the power to defeat legislation, on behalf of ourselves, from the Nazis in power.
Literally, the Constitution gives us the power to kill the fascists currently in power, which is what will be required to get our country back, unless we just want to sit back and watch it fall, which appears to be the case.
The second amendment imbues the people, us, the power to defeat legislation, on behalf of ourselves, from the Nazis in power.
Literally, the Constitution gives us the power to kill the fascists currently in power
Nope. It was intended to facilitate national defense as an alternative to a standing army (which the founders were against having on principle), not defense AGAINST the government.
Even if that WAS the intention, anything that civilians are allowed to own is styrofoam pebbles compared to the armaments of most local police departments, let alone the most overfunded military in the history of mankind.
which is what will be required to get our country back, unless we just want to sit back and watch it fall, which appears to be the case.
Nope. That’s a false dichotomy. It’s simply not true that firing handguns at the grotesque might of the US government is the only alternative to doing literally nothing.
Nope. It was intended to facilitate national defense as an alternative to a standing army (which the founders were against having on principle), not defense AGAINST the government.
Stop skipping over the part where it says “being necessary to the security of a free State”. If the government infringes on our freedoms, like it currently is, the second amendment absolutely applies. It’s a deterrent to threats both foreign and domestic.
Nope. That’s a false dichotomy. It’s simply not true that firing handguns at the grotesque might of the US government is the only alternative to doing literally nothing.
Yet again, you’re wrong. You can’t just vote out the corruption. As seen in how many decades, where the corruption has become more and more rampant, and unchecked?
You should maybe learn about the civil war and the American revolution, where we literally fought and killed for the betterment of our country.
Assuming you’re not a US-ian, you might not know: the US doesn’t have any concept of a recall or no-confidence vote like other countries do. Once the election is over, there’s nothing the population can legally do about it except protest (which a decent chunk are doing). It’s up to the Democrats because they’re the ones that were elected by the population to provide a check to the Republicans.
Look, the US is running on a pre-alpha build of representative democracy. We should’ve updated the system centuries ago, but at this point memory leaks are so out of control and a ton of the cache is mis-addressed, so there’s serious questions about whether the thing needs to just be shut down and rebooted in safe mode.
You guys weren’t even the first modern democracy please shut the fuck up.
I didn’t say we were. I said we were running pre-alpha software. Not because that’s all that was available at the time, but because we chose to believe that we were exceptional enough to handle writing our own constitution without learning from those who came before.
What country implemented democracy before 1776?
Greece. Republic of Rome, to name just two.
Switzerland, Iceland, the Iroquois Confederacy, polish-lithiuanian Commonwealth, san marino
In 1776 Switzerland was not even called Switzerland, it was The Old Swiss Confederacy, and not even a single unified country. They didn’t abandon the sovereignty of the individual cantons until 1848 when they adopted their constitution. I wouldn’t call the canton situation a modern democracy.
I’ll give you The Six Nations.
I don’t know enough about the others to say specifically, but I suspect that much like Switzerland, they didn’t reform their governments from a fuedal state to a modern state until the mid to late 1800s much like the rest of Europe.
