Fact is, even European conservatives are to the left of Joe Biden on, for example, healthcare. Far-right economics has been normalised in the US. And that's a global anomaly among major developed nations. So, it's more about the systemic corruption that explains that anomaly and makes your elections irrelevant except on culture-war issue — Baden
can modify it to elections are "largely" irrelevant except for... etc and on the economic front that seems fairly accurate to me as the neoliberal consensus has held since it took off in the eighties — Baden
What I would want for Americans (including the family I have over there) is simple stuff like paid sick leave, paid maternity leave, universal healthcare, affordable college education, a fair tax system, better social security etc*. — Baden
Democracy means doing what you're told and propping up a failing and corrupt system until a philosopher-king gets into power. — Baden
It was the 1960s, not 1980s. — frank
I'm sorry your American relatives don't have those things. Where are they situated in terms of education level and employment? — frank
Trump is exactly what we deserve for the next four years.
— Xtrix
At last you got it. — Baden
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