• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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    1 month ago

    I used to be in favour of a federal europe until I saw America go to shit with Trump elected in 2016.

    Now I’m more ambivalent. The confederation model sounds better…

    (Confederation is an alliance where members retain sovriginity) Not talking about the US confederacy

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      1 month ago

      Half the reason Trump succeeds as much as he does is due to designed corruption at the state level. Republicans grabbing local elections and using them to upend the system. From psychotic school boards to regressive judges to grandstanding attorneys general.

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        1 month ago

        Flip that reasoning entirely, my dude. If the feds ran elections fully then Trump wouldn’t have needed to make the call to the GA Sec of State to “find” more votes. He would have just fired people until he got a yes from whatever federal employee could do it