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Credit where credit is due. Trump may be a horrible president overall but he has done more to foster peace with N. Korea than Obama ever did. Obama's policy of not even talking to hostile dictators was a horrific policy that did nothing to advance diplomatic relations.
@freemo Tulsi Gabbard is the Democrat who is anti-war.
Unfortunately, it is unlikely that the establishment democrats would allow her to be the candidate to run in the election, even if it meant allowing the republicans to win.
@TheGnuMaster I really really hope the democrats get their shit together and offer up someone half decent this time. But given their recent track record that seems unlikely.
@freemo If America was a Democracy they would have Mixed Member Proportional like Germany, or at least proportional representation like Netherlands and Italy.
The same reasons that the Weimar Republic was a failure for democracy is why the US system is.
Too much power is given to the President, and the people don't really get a choice when it comes to who represents them over all in society.
So whilst more than 75% may vote for different parties and people, only very tiny percentage get seats and wield power.
@TheGnuMaster I have always been a choice of ranked-choice voting or similar schemes. But I do agree about your remarks about the Weimar republic in fact I often state as much. But I disagree it is due to the president having too much power, in the USA the president has very very little power everyone just thinks he does. The issues are more around abandoning many personal rights, a broken voting system, and fear being the dominating factor among the public.
@freemo I forgot to add the link to the results of the last Australian election. https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-24310-NAT.htm
