Except the part where we get the occasionally get to make a binary choice of which candidate sucks the least between a fascist & a neolib corporate shill .
The rules & who gets to write/enforce them determine the winners.
The donor class decides who the candidates are, money being speech & all
We outsourced the a big chunk of the election process to the parties to avoid raising taxes to pay for elections.
The thought was the party fanatics would work for free.
No one ever works for free. The pay is influence, future consideration for decisions…
But the public supports these rules, correct? Hence, you get the politicians you deserve.
If you (and by you, I mean society) didn’t support these rules, they’d promote a counter-culture candidate like Trump, or they’d do something to change the rules. This isn’t the case, because for its failings, people at large like the current system enough to not do anything about it. Those parties in power also have enough support to keep the steady flow of same-y politicians flowing.
It’s not a criticism of you or your country. It’s ultimately a truism of politics that if the system you choose produces poor candidates, your people support poor choices.
Except the part where we get the occasionally get to make a binary choice of which candidate sucks the least between a fascist & a neolib corporate shill .
The rules & who gets to write/enforce them determine the winners.
The donor class decides who the candidates are, money being speech & all We outsourced the a big chunk of the election process to the parties to avoid raising taxes to pay for elections.
The thought was the party fanatics would work for free.
No one ever works for free. The pay is influence, future consideration for decisions…
But the public supports these rules, correct? Hence, you get the politicians you deserve.
If you (and by you, I mean society) didn’t support these rules, they’d promote a counter-culture candidate like Trump, or they’d do something to change the rules. This isn’t the case, because for its failings, people at large like the current system enough to not do anything about it. Those parties in power also have enough support to keep the steady flow of same-y politicians flowing.
It’s not a criticism of you or your country. It’s ultimately a truism of politics that if the system you choose produces poor candidates, your people support poor choices.