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yfma53 · 70-79, M
Thank you for your post. Have much to say about this. Possibly another time. I will say this, it's all about Oneness, connection. Different is not division. Perhaps I am being simplistic, but oneness in consciousness is where it must begin.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
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luckranger71 · 51-55, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I think plenty of us recognize the issue and a healthy minority of people have seen it for sometime now far predating COVID.
Structurally, the US federal government is less responsive due to the nature of the Senate and the way the House is elected (no proportional representation). So, as is going on now, 35 to 40% of the population holds far more power than their number. And unfortunately that share is by and large willfully ignorant.
The only thing that can shake this in the short term this is the Democrats gaining all three branches of government. But long term the same problems are going to exist absent a constitutional restructuring. I'd agree the US is right now a failed state unless proven otherwise.
Structurally, the US federal government is less responsive due to the nature of the Senate and the way the House is elected (no proportional representation). So, as is going on now, 35 to 40% of the population holds far more power than their number. And unfortunately that share is by and large willfully ignorant.
The only thing that can shake this in the short term this is the Democrats gaining all three branches of government. But long term the same problems are going to exist absent a constitutional restructuring. I'd agree the US is right now a failed state unless proven otherwise.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
I dont agree with you on Catalan independence. I fully support your right to an independence referendum, though I personally would vote no.
Excellent post though. People forget that Spain was ruled by a military dictatorship as recently as the 1970s. A distatorship that was quite literally in alliance with Hitler when it was formed during the Spanish Civil War.
I'm a George Orwell fan and Ive read some Spanish history. I can definately see some parallels with the 1930s and the present day. 1984 with all the double think and surveilence is more prescient than ever.
Its much less extreme pronounced in my native UK than elsewhere, though we have a huge economic crash looming and creeping authoritarianism.
Excellent post though. People forget that Spain was ruled by a military dictatorship as recently as the 1970s. A distatorship that was quite literally in alliance with Hitler when it was formed during the Spanish Civil War.
I'm a George Orwell fan and Ive read some Spanish history. I can definately see some parallels with the 1930s and the present day. 1984 with all the double think and surveilence is more prescient than ever.
Its much less extreme pronounced in my native UK than elsewhere, though we have a huge economic crash looming and creeping authoritarianism.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@NenaRussa Because the first ref wasnt official and turnout was low (due to abstentions and police repression) you would absolutely meed another referendum for a mandate. The police brutality is not on but its also a factor than many Spanish unuonists abstained because the ref was not official.
Unlike the Spanish state and mainstream parties, i support your right to have that. Also, even as a remain voter, Im highly critical of the EU. Im against the single currency and hate what they did to Syriza in Greece and others.
Yes, the EU are hypocrites and are anti democratic when it suits them.
Would Catalan independence be a good thing for its people if it happened? Would it work economically? Would be a social democratic and anti racist state? Thess are the qiestions on which we don't agree.
Unlike the Spanish state and mainstream parties, i support your right to have that. Also, even as a remain voter, Im highly critical of the EU. Im against the single currency and hate what they did to Syriza in Greece and others.
Yes, the EU are hypocrites and are anti democratic when it suits them.
Would Catalan independence be a good thing for its people if it happened? Would it work economically? Would be a social democratic and anti racist state? Thess are the qiestions on which we don't agree.
IWasCallingYaLarry · 26-30, M
You didn't do any research, did you? The reason people are against mail in voting is because of how easy it can be abused. It has caused voter fraud before because of votes mysteriously disappearing and nobody knowing where they went. That's why I'm gonna vote in person so that I know my vote is actually counted. There have been past elections where both sides have committed voter fraud because of how insecure mail in voting is. Both Democrats and Republicans have done it before. In one of those times I believe 300 votes had went missing all of a sudden. Now Virginia wants to remove voter id from votes. That sounds very illegitimate. So then at that point, you can just put down that you're voting for Mickey Mouse and hand the vote in and it's counted. No matter who wins, nobody is gonna think this election is legit. If Trump wins again, people are gonna whine Russia Russia propaganda nonsense for another 4 years and if Creepy Sleepy Bumbly Joe Biden wins, people are gonna whine and say China. Either way, people are gonna think the election isn't legit. Btw these nutjobs are not protesters. They're not protesting anything at this point. They're rioters and terrorists. Shooting innocent people who don't deserve it and burning down black owned businesses, attacking innocent people of all races, beating a random trans woman, shooting a random dad walking his little daughter, that isn't protesting anything. That's terrorism. These people are terrorists. People who actually did peacefully assemble and protest and were not violent at all, I have respect for them. Go express your first amendment right as much as you want. But threatening innocent people because you wanna be an opportunist? Nah, I'm not defending that. I'm glad that the Portland police now have been deputized so that anybody they arrest now doesn't get let go by the DA. Instead, they now are getting charged by a Federal Attorney. So finally now, the terrorists are being taken care of. Next time you post anything, please just do your research first. That's all I ask.
NenaRussa · 22-25, F
@IWasCallingYaLarry Although America is lacking in many departments, it’s silly to assume they are [i]incapable[/i] of making a working mail-in vote system. Many countries do it. It’s a choice not make it happen.
You tell me to do research but then say 99% objective statements...
You tell me to do research but then say 99% objective statements...
Khenpal1 · M
Spain as a whole is too poor and there is no support outside Spain for any region to break out .