People who have the amount of free time and level of terminal online-ness to feel the desire to mod for free are generally going to have a common personality type that makes them go on power-trips. It doesn't matter if they are on Reddit or Lemmy. Terminally online is terminally online and mods are always going to suck.
That said, they're not paid so you get what you pay for.
How is SLF not on this list? Zenshu? This is a weird list.
Both democrats and republicans are in line with neoliberal thought about letting corporations get bigger and bigger and giving more freedom to capital than to people. A simple vote isn't going to change this.
Per usual, another lie spread by leftists. https://www.vox.com/2019/3/8/18253609/hr-1-pelosi-house-democrats-anti-corruption-mcconnell
As to the rest of it, our current democracy needs many changes to protect it from becoming an autocracy/oligarchy. The ones ones who are committed to those changes are Democrats.
But seizing power as Trump is doing to dictatorially implement changes to prevent dictators would be highly hypocritical. And if the basis of such reforms were based on such a shakeable foundation it would just waiting for the next dictator to come in and do what they want. In that case, then yes, what you'd say is correct, every new elected official will just be a dictator pushing their new whims on the populace. This is why I don't fault Democrats for trying to do things the proper way democratically through our voting process even if it seems slow or inefficient.
Sadly half of Americans have decided having a dictator isn't a deal breaker or something to exercise their vote for so that's left us here.
Money is only this powerful because people didn't vote when it mattered to keep money out of politics.
Out, loud, and proud ~~homosexual~~ liberal (actually I am also homosexual)! Fuck tankies!
Yeah I figured that was the reason.
The US is over. I hope my state and those near us have the balls to secede and form Cascadia. I'd volunteer to fight if needed.
Shhh. They don't want to hear facts.
Maybe start at the local level and build a community of like minded people to form a cohort to enact change instead of trying to start at the top and then throwing a tantrum when you don't get your way after putting in none of the work or effort to better the party from the ground up like all the other established politicians have.
No they'd rather sit on the couch and complain that the dinosaurs are dinosauring and won't switch to communist revolution like they believe everyone wants, even though they've never left the couch.
If they actually went out and tried to become local politicians to effect change they would probably see that their ideals are far less popular in real life among normal people outside of the terminally online crowd.
Have you actually looked at their platform? Or are you just repeating "Republican lite" because that's what all your social circle says?
Beautiful work!