the US be like
"oh no we can't let those darn IMMIGRANTS in, they're gonna STEAL OUR JOBS, not many of those to go around!"
while also going
"we need children to work in factories because who else is gonna do that work?"
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Tosti 🎀 (tost@mk.toast.cafe)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:00:58 JST Tosti 🎀 -
Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:00:55 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: @tost @Moon I don't know if you can ever get rid of party politics as long as government elections exist, but many smaller parties seems better than 1 that pretends to be 2. -
Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:00:56 JST Moon @tost yeah well, that party should be blown apart into like five parties. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this. -
Tosti 🎀 (tost@mk.toast.cafe)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:00:56 JST Tosti 🎀 @Moon@shitposter.club you could have stopped at "apart"
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Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:00:57 JST Moon @tost different people -
Tosti 🎀 (tost@mk.toast.cafe)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:00:57 JST Tosti 🎀 @Moon@shitposter.club in the same party
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Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:06:20 JST Moon @thatguyoverthere @tost first past the post elections cause inevitable coalesce into two parties, so nothing can be done. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this. -
Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:06:20 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: @Moon @tost There's a quote from Jefferson basically saying the same thing at some point. I think occasional breakups might keep the board more interesting at least if nothing else. -
Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:09:59 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: @itzpaquet @tost @Moon Parties aren't really part of the constitution. Technically there is nothing preventing us from having 0 parties, but I think that would be very difficult to enforce as people would naturally create groups around ideas about governing. -
ᐃᓐ ᔓᒋᐠ ᐃᓐ ᕵᑲᐠ (itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:10:05 JST ᐃᓐ ᔓᒋᐠ ᐃᓐ ᕵᑲᐠ @Moon @tost @thatguyoverthere plus the constitution is sacred, so we're stuck with it forever. -
Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:13:14 JST Moon @thatguyoverthere @itzpaquet @tost parties are kind of ingrained in the law at every level though, which is fucked up. for example, in the USA third party candidates used to run on multiple party tickets as a way to get past the duopoly but eventually the two big parties cooperated to get that made illegal in every state despite no practical reason to make it illegal, just "this hurts us so fuck you" Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this. -
Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:16:51 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: @Moon @itzpaquet @tost it's not a surprise that the law makers have enshrined the duopoly (I am of the belief that's really a monopoly) and I think it's natural and unavoidable to eventually see them coalesce as you say because nearly everyone in politics is looking for power and larger groups have more power. It's just not dictated in the constitution, and multiple founding fathers had less than favorable opinions of party politics. -
Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:17:16 JST Moon @itzpaquet @tost @thatguyoverthere it's a little vague because statistics and poly-sci wasn't invented yet so the model that that first past the post leads to two parties wasn't broadly understood yet. As mentioned it appears some people understood this though. -
Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:17:16 JST Moon @itzpaquet @thatguyoverthere @tost Washington and Jefferson I believe both were against parties philosophically. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this. -
ᐃᓐ ᔓᒋᐠ ᐃᓐ ᕵᑲᐠ (itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:17:17 JST ᐃᓐ ᔓᒋᐠ ᐃᓐ ᕵᑲᐠ @thatguyoverthere @tost @Moon moon already explained that part. the two party system is an intrinsic part of the design. its not literally spelled out, but its the most probable and consistent outcome of the way elections work as described in the document. -
Rocket (rocket@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:19:17 JST Rocket @Moon @thatguyoverthere @itzpaquet @tost Ballot access laws have been really effective at keeping third party candidates off the ballot. Even big name third party candidates like Ralph Nader can't consistently get on the ballot in all fifty states. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this. -
Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:19:27 JST Moon @Rocket @itzpaquet @thatguyoverthere @tost presidential debates are controlled by a corporation jointly owned by the two big parties and they keep out third parties as much as they can get away with. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this. -
ᐃᓐ ᔓᒋᐠ ᐃᓐ ᕵᑲᐠ (itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:21:09 JST ᐃᓐ ᔓᒋᐠ ᐃᓐ ᕵᑲᐠ @thatguyoverthere @tost @Moon just write a new constitution ya fucking dolts. -
Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:21:09 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: @itzpaquet @tost @Moon we have an amendment process. I don't know if a new constitution is necessary. You could even amend how amendments are added if you so chose. -
Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:23:12 JST Moon @tost @itzpaquet @thatguyoverthere i honestly don't see the likelihood that if we threw everything out and started over that we would get something better. i am certain it would be a lot worse. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this. -
Tosti 🎀 (tost@mk.toast.cafe)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:23:13 JST Tosti 🎀 @itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media @thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club @Moon@shitposter.club
France has the right idea
we on the 5th constitution rewrite eyeing a 6th
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🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸 (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:24:06 JST 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸 @Moon @tost @itzpaquet @thatguyoverthere it implies the CIA wouldn't make something worse -
condret :verified: :ancom: :radare2:<|<| (condret@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:27:47 JST condret :verified: :ancom: :radare2:<|<| @Moon @Rocket @itzpaquet @thatguyoverthere @tost USA is a country with first world economic power and third word political culture -
Tosti 🎀 (tost@mk.toast.cafe)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:27:47 JST Tosti 🎀 @condret@shitposter.club @Moon@shitposter.club @Rocket@shitposter.club @itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media @thatguyoverthere@shitposter.clubfirst world economic powerI have bad news
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ᐃᓐ ᔓᒋᐠ ᐃᓐ ᕵᑲᐠ (itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:29:16 JST ᐃᓐ ᔓᒋᐠ ᐃᓐ ᕵᑲᐠ @condret @tost @Moon @Rocket @thatguyoverthere
(USA exported their political culture to the third world, we'd be fine if y'all would stop fucking around in our shit)Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this. -
Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:29:45 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: @itzpaquet @tost @Moon @Rocket @condret we're just spreading democracy 🇺🇸 -
Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 02:30:17 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: @itzpaquet @Moon @Rocket @condret @tost sorry that's a shitpost btw... not sure if it reads that way -
condret :verified: :ancom: :radare2:<|<| (condret@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 03:37:40 JST condret :verified: :ancom: :radare2:<|<| @thatguyoverthere @Moon @Rocket @itzpaquet @tost nice shitpost btw Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: likes this.
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