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The stuff I see on social media makes me angry, and Kamala is not a perfect candidate (lemmy.world)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You have oligarchy and kleptocracy and plutocracy.

none of these are accurate, except for maybe plutocracy.

Gerontocracy would be more accurate.

It's fundamentally not an oligarchy, that's just not true. Trump didn't do fuck all during his term for this exact reason. It's obviously not a kleptocracy, unless you have like, actual proof of this. Trump being a good one, but that's not a historical precedent.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If Trump did nothing then why are people so scared of him winning the election?

    How do you figure we don't have an Oligarchy? There is more than just the executive branch of our government by the way. There's also the Legislative, Judicial, and Black Rock.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If Trump did nothing then why are people so scared of him winning the election?

    because a leader that does nothing is an ineffectual leader. You want a leader that does something not nothing.

    this also ignores the part where he tried to like, overthrow democracy, and ruin the government, but nobody likes to talk about that part.

    How do you figure we don’t have an Oligarchy?

    an oligarchy would be something like russia, The US as you said has multiple branches, the executive being the most front facing. You've got the judicial and legislative branches as well. The legislative branch (congress) is literally made up of hundreds of people. People that WE vote in.

    black rock is also not a branch of the government, they're a private investment firm.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    With citizens united, don't you think it's relevant that campaigns can accept large amounts of money? Like voters can see endless ads of one candidate if they have enough money. Campaigns can hire PIs to dig up dirt and air it. Money in a capitalist country confers power.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    With citizens united, don’t you think it’s relevant that campaigns can accept large amounts of money? Like voters can see endless ads of one candidate if they have enough money. Campaigns can hire PIs to dig up dirt and air it. Money in a capitalist country confers power.

    thats probably relevant, but this removes it even further from an oligarchy. And closer to a plutocracy, and if it does work it's more of a commentary on the average populous than it is the collective society.

    Also super pac laws are pretty vague, so unless you donate directly to a campaign, which is pretty well regulated, though probably not enough. You can't run any ads that aren't just "tangentially relevant"

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Okay that's fair about plutocracy vs oligarchy (I wasn't the person originally arguing with you). And fair about campaigning. Thank you

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    yeah, really the only arguable states for the US government is plutocracy depending on how you look at it, and gerontocracy based on the sheer age of the politicians in office right now.

    Nothing else is super applicable aside from the usual, democratic republic and various other shenanigans the US and state governments pull.

    campaign funding is a nightmare though. They have also been opened up significantly in recent decades, which a lot of people aren't too happy about. Personally i just think we should ban campaigning entirely.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What would you replace campaigning with? Or what would a ban look like to you?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    idk, the obvious answer is a "policy resume" or something like that. Perhaps make a federal distribution system that is very structured and regular in order to provide something similar to this but for the admin instead.

    anything that makes this a more regular and structured system seems like it would probably be beneficial in terms of this problem to me.

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