It’s Time to Build

Re:It’s Time to Build by brigandish on Saturday April 18, 2020 @10:03PM (#22912845)

I'd say the problem is one of competition. "We" cannot choose better legislators unless better legislators come forward for selection, but the incumbents - and by that I mean parties elected or not - have so much money and machinery behind them that to turf them out would be nigh on impossible.

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Re:It’s Time to Build by lotsofpulp on Sunday April 19, 2020 @04:21AM (#22914378)

The problem is that each “we” is pulling to benefit themselves at all costs.

Hence giant military fighter jet contracts that span multiple congressmen’s districts around the country, and while being terrible for the future of the country, is untouchable politically as not a single person will vote against their economic interests.

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Re:It’s Time to Build by Thriptic on Sunday April 19, 2020 @10:15AM (#22916056)

Exactly. It's hard to have collective reform without there being a collective.

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