Mnementh said:
Why do you assume he couldn't? If you ask for prior experience doing it, you effectively restrict politics to career politicians. But politics is about stuff that effects everyone, so it shouldn't be easily left to the career politicians. And the old and experienced politicians have created all the messes, why do you think they are best suited to fixing them? The reality is, that the US is still very bad in adressing income inequality, health care cost, drug addiction, education, child support and climate change. All these brokered deals have not solved these problems. So why do you think this is the right way going forward? Because it didn't work so far we try the same some more? Sounds like the perfect plan for downfall. |
The lack of effective action on these issues is because of our brand of Capitalism and our lobbying laws. They are also more the realm of the Legislative branch rather than the Executive branch. But even with that in mind, there is too much money to be made in keeping things the way they are than solving the problems.
Better stated, the priorities of the US government isn't to solve social problems but to better enable profit from them. Why else would we have inane concepts such as private prisons?
| Teno said: I think it's really funny. I'm convinced Trump will win against Biden this time. I think both candidates aren't a good choice. They are both even too old to be electable as the next pope of the catholic church. But since the US never turned into a real democracy and the minority can rule over the majority even losing the popular vote, but winning the electoral vote. The system had been designed to fail from the start. It happened 2016 and might happen again 2024. But it might be the last real election in the U.S for a long time if Trump wins. |
I feel the opposite. Trump's win in 2016 was due to him being largely an afterthought by Democrats (and them having their own punching bag for a candidate). His loss in 2020 was because enough people from both sides saw how unhinged and dangerous he was. His loss in 2024 will be an extension of 2020. He has a base that is loud but he has a shrinking middle that is discouraged by everything he says and does. Biden also has a base (though smaller) but he has not done enough negatively to lose his middle as much as Trump has.
