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by voakbasda 13 days ago
No shit. Mind telling us how? Because elections sure aren’t going to do it.

edit: sorry, there is so much of this sentiment, and the system is proven to be rigged. We know that things have gotten bad. Really bad. And there’s little hope of it self-correcting. The corruption is too deep and now seems unabashed. I seriously do want advice on how to change things, but three out of the four boxes meant to preserve liberty have proven to be inadequate. I see no future that doesn’t involve violent upheaval. Convince me otherwise.

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I agree with the violent upheaval idea.

I believe that all systems which promote and enforce radical patriotism "no matter what" are bound to end up there.

It's also getting more and more difficult for your country to keep allies, what with bombing and assaulting every single possible place for maximum profit extraction. Lots of people in the world have a hatred for the USA (as an entity) that is only paralleled by e.g. Nazi Germany.

The only way to make a change is to get up and make a change, and if you can't because you're that deep in the hole, as you said, violent upheaval.

I really wish that the USA would just wake up one morning and decide to make a change, without violence and bloodshed, to look at other Western countries for inspiration and create a more human society.