Marakesh ð“…¦ on Nostr: "Now what this whole system tells me is that you can have just huge millions of ...
"Now what this whole system tells me is that you can have just huge millions of Americans who hate president x but end up with president x. And what happens if this happens over and over again? That no matter how they vote, they end up with someone who is against their regional interest, against the interest of their state, against a lopsided majority of voters in their state.
"What does that mean? Well, in America, you can never leave. So the illegitimacy of this system, I think, is really highlighted by the fact that no matter how much the central government ignores the vote, in your state and how much voters in your state might be voting against the victor, too bad. You could never leave. It doesn't matter. How much you want something else, you're stuck till the end of time. This is essentially the position. This is the anti-secessionist position.
"Now imagine the private sector conducted things this way. Right? Imagine you were you held a large stake in a public company, and the management just started doing tons of things you hated, and they came back and say, well, you can never sell your shares and leave. You're you're stuck invested with this no matter what.
"Clearly, that wouldn't happen. Imagine a private club where you're paying dues and then, a new regime comes in and and you feel like they're wasting your money. Too bad you can never leave. You have to keep paying dues until the end of time. This is this the American political system. Essentially, you have to keep no matter if a 100% of the people in your state voted against the eventual presidential winne too bad. You gotta keep paying taxes forever till the end of time. This is essentially the American ideology is that no matter how much you get screwed over by the central government, you're never allowed to exit. You're never allowed to leave. Hard to see how that system can be promoted as some sort of morally legitimate system, but that's what we have."
https://fountain.fm/episode/D56FLjAUr4rIB6sgV8pH
"What does that mean? Well, in America, you can never leave. So the illegitimacy of this system, I think, is really highlighted by the fact that no matter how much the central government ignores the vote, in your state and how much voters in your state might be voting against the victor, too bad. You could never leave. It doesn't matter. How much you want something else, you're stuck till the end of time. This is essentially the position. This is the anti-secessionist position.
"Now imagine the private sector conducted things this way. Right? Imagine you were you held a large stake in a public company, and the management just started doing tons of things you hated, and they came back and say, well, you can never sell your shares and leave. You're you're stuck invested with this no matter what.
"Clearly, that wouldn't happen. Imagine a private club where you're paying dues and then, a new regime comes in and and you feel like they're wasting your money. Too bad you can never leave. You have to keep paying dues until the end of time. This is this the American political system. Essentially, you have to keep no matter if a 100% of the people in your state voted against the eventual presidential winne too bad. You gotta keep paying taxes forever till the end of time. This is essentially the American ideology is that no matter how much you get screwed over by the central government, you're never allowed to exit. You're never allowed to leave. Hard to see how that system can be promoted as some sort of morally legitimate system, but that's what we have."
https://fountain.fm/episode/D56FLjAUr4rIB6sgV8pH