• pensa
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      308 months ago

      Because we have a first-past-the-post voting system that all but guarantees only two parties are ever real contenders. We must to move toward ranked-choice voting if we ever want to have more options.

    • nicetriangle
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      168 months ago

      First past the post voting, Citizens United, and the Electoral College, among other reasons.

    • @[email protected]
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      48 months ago

      Why can someone collect social security and enact policy that takes it away from people paying into it?

      No senior citizen should be allowed to hold office.

      • Knacht
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        18 months ago

        Step right up dude, what have you got to loose?

        • @[email protected]
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          58 months ago

          Are you under the impression that it costs 0 dollars to make an earnest run for president?

          I have my life’s savings to lose. And I’d lose it, because the presidency is a game of connectedness and reach ($), not ‘governing chops.’