• UNY0N@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I agree with you completely that need more than 2-4 years to correct the course. But we could get decades of actual progress if we just fix one glaring issue now.

    We need to abolish the electoral college.

    That alone would decimate any chances that the republican party has of winning a presidential election anytime soon, at least with thier current platform. It wouldn’t be everything, but it would be a damn good start.

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      3 months ago

      We need to abolish the electoral college

      Which will require a Constitutional amendment. Which most of the states won’t go for because most of them will lose power.

      So we’d need a supermajority in both the House and Senate to do it.

      Which will take decades of elections to get to, if it ever happens. And even if it does there will be other, more urgent things to do before then, and then we’ll lose the supermajorities and have to start from scratch again.

      Telling people we just need a couple good elections is creating false hope.

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        3 months ago

        It’s not false hope. It’s just a long journey ahead.

        You obviously understand more about the details of US politics than I do, and perhaps getting rid of the electoral college isn’t realistic right now.

        I get where you are coming from, this doesn’t mean we can just sit back and enjoy. But this kind of turnout is a good thing. Harris is going to win, and that’s the first step in the right direction.

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          3 months ago

          I’ve seen this sort of thing too many times, only for it to fall apart completely because nobody explains to the kids that they need to keep this pressure up. I refuse to get my hopes up again.