Originally posted by BackFire
That's how politics usually goes, though. Choose between two bad candidates.
And this is the problem. Right here. We shouldn't be accepting of this because this is how it has always been.
We end up with shit, either way. For a long time doctors didn't wash their hands before surgery, but hell we changed that.
Originally posted by SurturImo, if Tony Blair hadn't done all that daft war shit, he'd pretty much have been the ideal British PM: emphasis on social structures that improve society such as healthcare and education, as well as an understanding the benefit of more Classic Liberal and Conservative economic models. But the war gave him a bad rep, now Centrist Labour MPs are generally regarded with distrust by the public – see: Ed Miliband. I may not agree with all of Corbyn's politics, but he's brought Labour back from nothing to finally again having the chance of winning in the future. I'll take him.
That's a super bleak situation though, when he is the good choice.
im cry
Originally posted by Surtur
And this is the problem. Right here. We shouldn't be accepting of this because this is how it has always been.We end up with shit, either way. For a long time doctors didn't wash their hands before surgery, but hell we changed that.
What can we do, though? In America, primaries are supposed to accomplish picking the best of the possible candidates for each party, but instead, it seems to do the opposite, those who appeal to the lowest common denominator succeed, or those with the most money, or both, as is usually the case. All these bad general election candidates are picked by the people. 2008 Obama was the only time I ever felt genuinely excited by a candidate, and that will probably never happen again.
Originally posted by BackFire
What can we do, though? In America, primaries are supposed to accomplish picking the best of the possible candidates for each party, but instead, it seems to do the opposite, those who appeal to the lowest common denominator succeed, or those with the most money, or both, as is usually the case. All these bad general election candidates are picked by the people. 2008 Obama was the only time I ever felt genuinely excited by a candidate, and that will probably never happen again.
I don't know. We've become enslaved to this. Shitheads all around, running the country. Nobody is good, we just have varying degrees of bad.
Originally posted by SurturThey separated Church and State, they should do something similar with corporations. Commercial interest in politics is increasingly becoming a problem, it's basically who has the best lobbiers who gets to run / win these days.
And this is the problem. Right here. We shouldn't be accepting of this because this is how it has always been.We end up with shit, either way. For a long time doctors didn't wash their hands before surgery, but hell we changed that.
Originally posted by Scribble
They separated Church and State, they should do something similar with corporations. Commercial interest in politics is increasingly becoming a problem, it's basically who has the best lobbiers who gets to run / win these days.
This would be a good start, unfortunately, there was a supreme court decision some years back that did the exact opposite.