@T2R

I just emphasize: it's not that they need to get out of the way, it's that voters need to stop electing them.

Voters have the power. Voters actively go out to cast votes. When we act like it's up to the politicians we disempower ourselves.

@volkris Most voters are stupid manipulatable morons who are uneducated on what really matters. There is no hope in the body politic.

@T2R

That may be the case, but then what?

If we lean into the nihilism where there's no hope in the body politic, then it kind of promotes the conclusion of, why should these politicians bother fighting?

I mean, most of the politicians are manipulable morons--they wouldn't know how to fight if they wanted to. The executive branch is definitely full of such people, so even if the legislators faught their laws would hardly be executed.

The way out is to say the US system puts power in the hands of the voters to get the government they vote for, whether they're morons or not.

@volkris The US is done. We just need to end it with a civil war or coup, and split up into what we are. Countries who support and reject racism and a better life for workers. I'm tired of living in a super corrupt trumpistan. The west coast states, the racist middle and south, and the northern states. Colorado is kinda screwed, but they can migrate.

It's either this or we institute a purge and mass incarceration wave for all corrupt officials at all levels, including police and judges and all racists and the nut job "militia" members. We lock them up and throw away the key. But I know, these are idealistic views of a way out. Our corrupt system is just going to keep going until we have a total systemic collapse.