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return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months ago

Nancy Pelosi in hospital after injury during Europe trip

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Nancy Pelosi in hospital after injury during Europe trip

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months ago
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The former House Speaker was admitted while on a trip abroad to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.
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    Is she even popular with her base?

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      Are they even allowed to primary her is the better question

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        Oh yeah. If I remember right she had a primary opponent last election. Though I can’t say they’ve all been good through the years. It is San Francisco, so weird is usual.

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      I guess, she’s won quite a few terms in her district. Everytime someone primaries her, she destroys them.

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        If winning elections proves you are popular then I have some bad news.

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          Great. What would you like? The ultimate popularity poll for a political is an election, but what do you have in mind?

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            If people are disappointed in the system, maybe don’t say the system proves our leaders are popular. Saying just about anything else would be less of a turn off.

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              If you don’t like a representative democracy you live in the wrong place. Turned off or not.

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                I want representative democracy, it is just not what most people in America experience. Me criticizing the system is not somehow anti-democratic.

                This attitude of telling people they’re wrong about the system is just pathetic. You’re advertising your own weakness to not adapt when the rules get changed.

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                  The system is a representative democracy. You can criticize it all you want, that’s part of the deal. Just as changing the parts you don’t like is part of the deal. More perfect union and all that.

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                    The system is the best representative democracy money can buy. So unless you’re going to pay for votes like Musk, this just doesn’t ring true to the lived experience of the majority of Americans.

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                The US is neither a Democracy nor a Republic

                Many US Laws are in opposition to public sentiment. Especially on healthcare, abortion, and taxes on the wealthy. The US is not representative of the interests of American citizens, only the interests of the donor class and corporations

                Money wins elections

                Polls on policy

                How Trump and Harris Voters See America’s Role in the World

                Majority of Americans support progressive policies such as higher minimum wage, free college

                Democrats should run on the popular progressive ideas, but not the unpopular ones

                Here Are 7 ‘Left Wing’ Ideas (Almost) All Americans Can Get Behind

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                Progressive Policies Are Popular Policies

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