RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoUK citizens say it is more important to support Ukraine than to maintain good relations with US, survey showsyougov.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1964arrow-down15cross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoas an american we want good government but it’s the billionaire oligarchs who are ruining it
minus-squareEezyville@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoAnd misinformation. That’s how they get and hold power. Like what happened here in Ohio with the gerrymandering.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoOnly because the people allow it. I know nobody can change that alone, but USA need to friggin get some graasroot movements going to get real democracy, and elect politicians that don’t prioritize only the 1%. The 2 party system simply doesn’t work.
minus-squareSabinStargem@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoThe 2-party system is political inbreeding, and Trump is a Hapsburg.
as an american we want good government but it’s the billionaire oligarchs who are ruining it
And misinformation. That’s how they get and hold power. Like what happened here in Ohio with the gerrymandering.
Only because the people allow it.
I know nobody can change that alone, but USA need to friggin get some graasroot movements going to get real democracy, and elect politicians that don’t prioritize only the 1%.
The 2 party system simply doesn’t work.
The 2-party system is political inbreeding, and Trump is a Hapsburg.
Very fitting analogy. 👍