Re:US quits Paris climate pact
by davesque on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:26PM
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Possibly. I've seriously begun to consider ways in which I could get set up over seas. I've always wanted to spend some time abroad anyway. It's very hard for me to see a way that the US can get back on track at this point. Most of Congress doesn't seem to really care about the damage that Trump is doing to our reputation. Furthermore, Republicans have successfully neutered (through gerrymandering) the system that would otherwise keep them in check. The outlook is very dim.
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It would be optimistic to count on it, but one of the few ways the US political system could get back on track is through the scale of crisis we may be heading for.
I could see post Trump the POTUS having powers taken away by the slightly more grown up house and senate.
Dropping the 18th century method of nominating candidates and moving to a OMOV where only paid up members vote would make sense and eliminate the "Nutter" problem and that's using Nutter in its political sense, it would reduce the waste of money involved in the electoral process.
Just to be clear, to which crisis are you referring? Increasing polarization? The shit with Russia? All of these things? Something else?
Russia is the acute crisis, and the increasing polarization is the chronic condition which may have partially caused it and might possibly be resolved by it.
The question is whether one can stomach living here while that crisis is ongoing.
And, to that end, does anyone have any advice?
Re:US quits Paris climate pact
by digitalmaster on Thursday June 01, 2017 @06:50PM
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