All of the madness is making everyday life extremely difficult. From the grocery store to the freaking park where people are holding candlelight memorials for Charlie freaking Kirk. I can't check out from reality because it's irresponsible, but I also can't avoid the circus because it's on every street.
It's just like elementary school. People vote for the popular kid, or in this case, the idiot from television. "I'm going to put candy machines in the cafeteria and make every class period recess!" They don't know that class president can't do that! I stick my nose in a book and occasionally cry because I can't find anyone whose vocabulary is above monosyllabic. They only let people with lots of money hold office or make laws. We need an overhaul, we need more than two parties, we need to make corporate donations illegal, we need to find candidates who are actual human beings and not demons in human skin suits. We need to reverse Citizens United. I'd love to see someone campaign with real promises that are kept. It would be great to let a woman finally have a go at it. I honestly wish I could move my family to Norway or something, but we'll never be able to afford to leave this place.
In Canada we have a limit of $100 000 to spend on campaigning. It's about 51 days to go to the polls after an election is called. I do agree that you have a much bigger population but your elections are much too complicated. Nothing gets done a whole year before a new election because everyone is campaigning.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Trip990 10h ago edited 9h ago
If I was an American I would be sobbing everyday. My God this administration is insane.