Again, there are actual concrete ways to strengthen America’s democracy. Electing Gabbard or re-electing Trump isn’t it. If electing Trump in 2016 didn’t strengthen our institutions, why would giving him 4 more years to the trick?
For those who aren’t sure if Trump is weakening our institutions, please step out of your cave and look and how he’s corrupted our State Dept and DOJ.
Let’s not overreact here, American democracy is threatened by Trump and needs to be strengthened by certain reforms. But the entire system doesn’t need to be blown up. The cynicism one reads on libertarian and far right/left message boards these is astounding.
Oh good. So I made your ignore club.
inverted logic authoritarianism on parade.
I would not have been surprised if Trump just went on with Obama's program, really. I mean, why bother changing anything.
Obama's first move outta the White House was to buy another mansion in DC where he planned to stay involved in politics, as a sort of mastermind of progress. This is the Establishment you consider the relevant American Institutions that must be preserved. This is what "The Resistance" is all about.
And while Trump has done way too much of trying to preserve continuity, being inclusive of many of the old bureaucrats and maybe being unable to throw enough of them overboard, the things he has actually changed have been, to my wishes, the better things he could have done.
making America great again is code for dismantling some aspects of the progressive ideal of leveling the world powers somehow. But China has proven rogue to that program, and is clearly taking a course to just become the one damn superpower everybody has to submit to. So it's time for a new plan.
Pretty sure none of you in here would really like that. Of course, I understand, if you live in China you have no choice.
What we will just have to do is look after our interests better, and make sure we can defend ourselves, and prosper. This is no time for unhinged idealism or impractical experimental social change.
Obama's program, and all of his "institutional" statecrafters, has got to be trashed. And those who won't get on the team to change our course need to be fired.
So here's some new legislation I propose: The Responsive Government Service Act.....
Government employees must be paid no more than 80% of the total compensation package of their private employment peers. No retirement package for elected officials. You serve, you go home and work for a living. Public Service job time limits. No one can work for the government.... Federal, State, County, Town or any other local government operation for more than a cumulative total of 10 years.
Criminal penalties for nepotism or using government office to motivate payments from businesses or anyone else (including foreign sources)
The law would require almost all government officials to immediately resign.
Thriller thinks these ******* parasites are the essential "institutions" of society. Thriller would, as a public school teacher, be one who needs to resign.
It's the best thing we can do for our kids.