Yeah. Our two party system blows, but at least it's got less mechanisms in place to prevent actual populism. It's hilarious that the left worships 'the voice of the people,' but also hates populism.
Our two party is really the only thing that prevents the Left from basically controlling everything forever, unlike almost every other Western nation. In the same way any forum that isn't "explicitly right wing" will always become Left, so will any political party.
When it fails, it fails us massively. But its existence is what allows us a "we're so back" moment like we have, instead of these gradual changes that the Left can just seize and control.
In the same way any forum that isn't "explicitly right wing" will always become Left, so will any political party.
Reddit was right wing for 4 months until they literally redid the algorithm to hide posts from conservative subreddits, later banning them. Any uncensored platform leans right.
In what way have the ostensible advantages of the European system actually materialized in favor of conservatism or nationalism? Because to my eyes, every “feature” of European government that is currently resisting populism did nothing when it was time to resist globalism.
In what way have the ostensible advantages of the European system actually materialized in favor of conservatism or nationalism?
I actually think the American system produces more gridlock. More gridlock is to the advantage of conservatism and nationalism. I mean flipside in that if you're able to weaponize a party to have a chance of fixing the country, it's also possible to weaponize a party to wreck the country.
I'm by no means arguing that the European system is better. I really don't know. And we're in such a deep mess and malaise, from which I see no way out, that it would be stupid to make that argument. I can see some small advantages.
A more fragmented system leads to more infighting within the establishment. That is part of the reason the current German government was ineffective and so hated.
Politics are less polarized and allowed some center and even center-left governments to crack down on immigration. I'm not sure the Democrats could do that.
There is an outlet for the anti-woke (BSW) and anti-war left (BSW, Left). Flipside is that there is also an outlet for the pro-war right (CDU).
Immigration has been a major electoral issue for over 40 years here in the states and still isn't fixed. It is extremely unlikely to be fixed by the current GOP (despite them having a mandate to do so), and our system is extremely effective at keeping third parties, who might sincerely want to fix it unlike the GOP, out of power. It's baffling to me that anyone thinks it's effective.
Yep. In Obama's first term, the Dems had the House, Senate and Executive. And they didn't waste one second taking full advantage of it. And I don't recall any judges slowing them down, even when it should have been a legal no-brainer to do so.
please, man, can you stop being delusional for one moment? whoever "we" is hasn't done a single thing. all you're watching is a zionist trying desperately to keep people like you from actually enacting any change. "we" is currently being tricked into inaction by a man trying to get the US into palestine to hand it over to israel while importing all the palestinians straight into America and Europe.
trump doesn't have a chance of doing something he doesn't want to do. you have that chance, and the more you lay down and think some jews will save you, the lesser that chance becomes.
The two party system has its benefits. We were able to weaponize one party to at least have a chance at fixing the country.
Yeah. Our two party system blows, but at least it's got less mechanisms in place to prevent actual populism. It's hilarious that the left worships 'the voice of the people,' but also hates populism.
Our two party is really the only thing that prevents the Left from basically controlling everything forever, unlike almost every other Western nation. In the same way any forum that isn't "explicitly right wing" will always become Left, so will any political party.
When it fails, it fails us massively. But its existence is what allows us a "we're so back" moment like we have, instead of these gradual changes that the Left can just seize and control.
Reddit was right wing for 4 months until they literally redid the algorithm to hide posts from conservative subreddits, later banning them. Any uncensored platform leans right.
And any unfraudulent election leans right.
For thousands of years all civilization were what we would consider far far right by today's standards.
Suddenly we're supposed to believe that these things are 50/50? Like human nature changed in mass?
Not a chance.
Point taken, but that has its flipside.
In what way have the ostensible advantages of the European system actually materialized in favor of conservatism or nationalism? Because to my eyes, every “feature” of European government that is currently resisting populism did nothing when it was time to resist globalism.
I actually think the American system produces more gridlock. More gridlock is to the advantage of conservatism and nationalism. I mean flipside in that if you're able to weaponize a party to have a chance of fixing the country, it's also possible to weaponize a party to wreck the country.
I'm by no means arguing that the European system is better. I really don't know. And we're in such a deep mess and malaise, from which I see no way out, that it would be stupid to make that argument. I can see some small advantages.
Immigration has been a major electoral issue for over 40 years here in the states and still isn't fixed. It is extremely unlikely to be fixed by the current GOP (despite them having a mandate to do so), and our system is extremely effective at keeping third parties, who might sincerely want to fix it unlike the GOP, out of power. It's baffling to me that anyone thinks it's effective.
The US system is also effective at resisting populism. Even with Trump winning again with two houses of Congress, immigration is still not fixed.
Yep. In Obama's first term, the Dems had the House, Senate and Executive. And they didn't waste one second taking full advantage of it. And I don't recall any judges slowing them down, even when it should have been a legal no-brainer to do so.
Because the judges were on their side. Judges are in theory "impartial" but that's a load of utopian school book nonsense.
please, man, can you stop being delusional for one moment? whoever "we" is hasn't done a single thing. all you're watching is a zionist trying desperately to keep people like you from actually enacting any change. "we" is currently being tricked into inaction by a man trying to get the US into palestine to hand it over to israel while importing all the palestinians straight into America and Europe.
trump doesn't have a chance of doing something he doesn't want to do. you have that chance, and the more you lay down and think some jews will save you, the lesser that chance becomes.