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I really hope that the Dems leadership actually listens for once. Chasing these mythical "reasonable Republicans" has not worked, will not work, and will continue moving the Overton window further right.
So I'm sure that's exactly what they'll do. Could we please get another party that actually represents people???
Here's the thing. No.
We don't really have two parties. We have oligarchs in control of both parties, and both parties work together to make sure no more parties can exist. They do this by making it seem like the right and the left are opposed to each other, but really both work together to keep you down.
We can't fix this with parties. What we need to do is abolish parties. Prevent rich people from consolidating power. Give no small group of power-hungry bastards the ability to control everything. This means a drastic overhaul, and the people in power are not going to give it up willingly. They won't fight fair, they won't accept the results of an election unless it goes their way, and they won't give you an opportunity to win.
We need to draft a new constitution.
… that’s what shithead is trying to do…
That's like not liking how your Civilization game is playing out and hitting restart, it's lazy.
I disagree, we need to do it the hard way and have actual reform so we have stronger checks and balances.
The guys who wrote the original constitution would have suggested drafting a new one over a century ago. It was never supposed to be unchanging.
Which would require rewriting significant portions of the Constitution...
Which is different than starting over entirely
Barely. It's not a long document to begin with.
You can entirely rewrite something while still looking at the first version. It doesn't mean you start from scratch