The problem is also that the Republican party is a fascist party, so the other check, impeachment, is thoroughly useless.
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postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The problem is he won the election.
The vote is the final check and balance.
Voters are either sympatico or stupid.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 months ago
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ironically, these are the times the electoral college was supposed to avoid. Also denounced political parties as corrupting. Still likely to have been coopted by now, but the design was to combat lack of education, lack of information, and/or propaganda.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Fifth columnists love FPTP. It minimises their workload.
shades@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
If you have only one party on the ballot and it’s a fascist party, you don’t really have a democratic choice do you? You can either vote for fascism or not vote for it.
If you have a fascist party on the ballet In an ONLY TWO partys political system, you don’t really have a democratic choice do you? You can either vote for fascism or not vote for it.
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 months ago
And that’s the problem with the US election system. In basically any other developed democracy, there are ways to call a new special election. The four years are often the max between elections, not the minimum.
If a new leader proves unpopular, you toss them out and install a new one.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
But Trump hasn’t proven unpopular; that’s why he won reelection. If the ruling party has a majority and the PM has their party’s support, nothing would happen in most other systems either.
dx1@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The popularity of both of the imperial genocidal candidates is the result of centuries of conditioning and the collapse of the education system and free press. It’s a cyclical problem. We vote them in, they keep us stupid, we vote them in again.
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Didn’t say he was. Just saying if he did such crazy things that even the crazies drop out, he could be removed. That’s extremely hard in the US. You’re basically stuck with the moron for four years.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
In theory, if he went so far over the line that he became very unpopular, then Congress members would fear for their reelection chances if they didn’t publicly break with him. But with him attacking democracy itself, Congress may be more afraid of him than they are of voters. It’s a deeply troubling time.
dx1@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The popularity of both of the imperial genocidal candidates is the result of centuries of conditioning and the collapse of the education system and free press. It’s a cyclical problem. We vote them in, they keep us stupid, we vote them in again.