• madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    My long term solution would be uniting the under 50 vote to add the 28th amendment.

    The 28th amendment needs to eliminate money/donations/bribes/grifts from the election process. It also needs to eliminate any form of augmented monetary enrichment for elected officials.

    Until corruption via monetary gain can be somewhat controlled, we can never achieve a legitimate democracy.

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      8 months ago

      Sure, absolutely.

      How much time is your plan going to take? Because we’re on a clock.

      There are plenty of conservatives in the under 50 bracket, obviously that will change as more babies are born; but how is your plan going to play out with population replacement rates falling globally?

      I’m not intentionally poking holes, your suggestion is great and it is absolutely a step that needs to be taken. I just think that we’ve entered unfamiliar territory and I fear that old strategies may not be applicable. The conservatives have basically been waging a whisper campaign on the people of the U.S. and we’re seeing the effects of that coming to a head. We will not simply “unite the people under 50”.