silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoJudge Unseals New Evidence in Federal Election Case Against Trumpwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1273file-text
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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 hours agoMostly because the progressives didn’t control them in the early 1900s, so they don’t have legislature-bypassing initiatives, and even in states where you do have that, it’s expensive to get one through.
minus-squareMyxomatosis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoSo disappointing. I feel like things will never change.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoOn the upside they could change for the worse. Maybe instead of fair elections the chang is a god king
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoPolitical change tends to be like that — nothing at all for a long period when you don’t have the power to act, and sudden rapid change when you do.
minus-squareMyxomatosis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoIt feels like we’re on the cusp of something big happening, for better or for worse.
Mostly because the progressives didn’t control them in the early 1900s, so they don’t have legislature-bypassing initiatives, and even in states where you do have that, it’s expensive to get one through.
So disappointing. I feel like things will never change.
On the upside they could change for the worse. Maybe instead of fair elections the chang is a god king
Political change tends to be like that — nothing at all for a long period when you don’t have the power to act, and sudden rapid change when you do.
It feels like we’re on the cusp of something big happening, for better or for worse.