Nancy Pelosi fretted during a meeting with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that "Abolish ICE" had been "injected into American political discourse by the Russians," the book says.
No, not democracy itself. That takes many, many forms, and ours (the US, anyways) is an extremely skewed representative democracy where the people themselves don’t even pick two entire branches of government.
When 2/3rds of the government isn’t exactly democratic, I think it’s unfair to use it as the paragon of democratic ideals.
Especially when our two-party system guarantees the options won’t be very representative, either.
No, but then I’m familiar with the ignorant mindset and the gaslighting since I grew up in a conservative family and had to reason my way to the left, and now I have my head above those clouds.
I just wish people would listen when they’re told the view is so much better above the clouds, but some people don’t even want to look at reality, let alone consider it.
Isn’t democracy literally set up for the moderates to rule?
No, not democracy itself. That takes many, many forms, and ours (the US, anyways) is an extremely skewed representative democracy where the people themselves don’t even pick two entire branches of government.
When 2/3rds of the government isn’t exactly democratic, I think it’s unfair to use it as the paragon of democratic ideals.
Especially when our two-party system guarantees the options won’t be very representative, either.
Maybe I asked the wrong question so let me try again.
Are you surprised the majority of people are moderates?
No, but then I’m familiar with the ignorant mindset and the gaslighting since I grew up in a conservative family and had to reason my way to the left, and now I have my head above those clouds.
I just wish people would listen when they’re told the view is so much better above the clouds, but some people don’t even want to look at reality, let alone consider it.