i'm concerned about the political landscape in the USA. some elements of the republican party are becoming increasingly anti-democratic. the 2022 midterms could be an inflection point that leads to undermining elections in 2024. (or it could all be fine! but there's real risk.)

Aug 1, 2022 · 11:52 PM UTC

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This coming from the side who literally picked their past 2 presidential candidates via “superdelegates” and backroom deals. Not very “democratic”.
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Democrats funding maga is not a good look either. npr.org/2022/06/20/110625604…
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So much of this could be solved by removing money from politics like most other democracies in the world
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The only thing undermining the election is the money from the valley going into the election.
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A real concern
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Amazing cognitive dissonance. Nothing says “I’m living in a bubble of groupthink and getting my news from hyper partisan sources” like this post does
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Weird to see otherwise "smart" people ignore that both sides of the political aisle have bad actors who would undermine democracy. Politicians don't care about people. Carried interest is a perfect example (tip of iceberg) of where neither side wants to upset their donors.
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You’re outta your mind if when thinking “anti-democratic” your thinking first goes to the GOP. It’s got it’s problems for sure but holy crap…the lack of self-awareness of progressives is breathtaking.
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Where have you been? The last Republican President to get a majority of votes was Bush in 2004; before that George HW Bush in 1988.
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