What would an individual be able to do to make proportional representation happen? So far, in BC the issue failed to win the vote twice, and when we overwhelmingly elected someone who promissed to do it, he backed out of that promise. I am honestly trying to learn what people can do if this is an important issue to them.
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To be honest, I don't look at the challenges every day. I did miss seeing new ones for a bit though.
I'd love for this to be true, but outside of Lemmy, a few niche communities, and some op-eds in the news I don't really hear anyone pushing for it. I might be missing the signs, but after JT's 2015 campaign interest in repealing FPTP seems to have fizzled for the larger public.
I've posted some challenges myself and will occasionally take a stab at guessing one of the entries, but I don't get around to engaging every day or even week. For me personally, I think the game is very fun, but the number of challenges per day/week is too high. If you scaled back a bit, I think you'd get more participation on each individual challenge.
How about, instead of creating a for-profit industry that will gradually canibalize the public funded healthcare options, until they've become the only option and start squeezing everything for more money, we invest in the public system so it can address the issues we currently have?
Suggesting private healthcare to address a public healthcare issue is akin to fixing flaking paint by burning the house down. Instead of, you know, investing into some paint and fixing it.
Ford to spend $3 billion to expand large truck production to a Canadian plant previously set for EVs
That's the worst part imho. We should hold Ford accountable and demand that money back if they unilaterally decide to axe the plan we collectively funded.
Remember how we used to think people should retire in old age, instead of running a country? Pepperidge farm remembers.
It's a good thing the Republican leadership is as incompetent as they are morally bankrupt, but that doesn't mean they haven't managed to stumble their way into pushing the US to the brink of a dictatorship. As the KGB used to say, a lot of them are "useful idiots" which can be orchestrated by careful external manipulation.
I'm not onboard with that conspiracy, as there were certainly attempts on his life throughout his reign. But I do agree with the relevancy of that Sun Tzu quote.
By 1943 Hitler was making such poor decisions it would've actually benefited the Nazi war effort if he had been removed from power.
That last part is the terrifying bit, honestly. Trump is an egomaniac with the attention span of a toddler. He's an unguided projectile of spite and vanity.
Imagine someone competent filling his shoes with the unprecedented powers that were recently granted by the supreme court and the rabid MAGA fanbase behind them.
The potential for lasting damage goes (even further) off the scale. I shudder to think what that might actually look like.
Honestly, in the event Biden loses, the best hope the US has is Trump's general incompetence.
As another Henson user - get yourself a variety of blades to test with them as well. I find that the RK blades they ship with their razors aren't great for people with coarse beards and/or sensitive skin. You can get sampler packs of a variety of blades to test which ones work best for your hair and skin with various resellers online.
Well put. A lot of people also seem to think the government can magically make money appear out of nowhere and give them better services while taxing them less and somehow still balancing the budget.