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[–] 1 point 1 week ago

The problem is, most changes you can make are easy to weaponize.

Yep. That's why I'm not proposing something like a civics test, any idea has to be simple and straightforward enough that there's no room to twist it into targeted voter suppression

Also, to make any type of change you have to vote for it in the current system where low info voters can be convinced to vote against their own interests anyway

That's true, but politics is an ebb and a flow. We've passed basically no laws for years now, and (hopefully as we'll see today) there's building pressure for change

If we get enough progressives in office, and they answer the call of the people to do something, we're going to end up with a short period where change is possible.

Hopefully in two years, when Trump is in still in office and progressives have spent the last two years establishing themselves and gaining the trust of the people, we could have a full progressive sweep of Congress and at least a somewhat progressive or sympathetic president

That would open a window, and that will be the chance to make sweeping charges. Probably the only chance in our lifetimes

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