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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

If these are the only two options in our current system

1.) god help us

2.) let's tear down the system

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unless class conciousness forms in America tearing the system down would result in a mad max hell scape and probably the end of of the human race because of the acceleration to climate change.

[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If anything climate change would decelerate from the collapse of the system though. I mean, you saw that air quality, pollution indexes, etc have all improved during the lockdowns right? There's a reason pollution is used to measure how the economy is doing in countries that aren't honest about it (where usually less emissions = worse economy)

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social -4 points 2 years ago

They don't care. The Great Satan would be dead. That's all that matters to them.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Don't need to throw out the whole system. Even just ranked choice voting and getting rid of the electoral college would massively improve the quality of our representation.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's the only two options in the system because the American people are not as left-wing as your average fucking Lemmy user.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social -4 points 2 years ago

Yeah. God help us. But tearing down the system, while temporarily satisfying as millions die, will not be the solution we want it to be. What emerges will have the exact same problem as long as it is democratic and the American electorate is not changed.

[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Burn down the MIC

There is no other way