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‘Shame on you,’ Polish prime minister tells US Republican senators after Ukraine bill blocked – Europe live (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you except for this part:

And any nation being cheated by a cancelled deal have only themselves to blame.

It is still the US as a whole to blame. It is the US citizens who vote this party and it is the country that is failing its obligations.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A Republican president hasn't won the popular vote in 20 years.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yet the Republicans are regularly voted to be a majority in the House and Senate.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Well, yes, that's how gerrymandering works...by giving outisize political power to a minority. I'm certainly not blaming the EU for the way a minority (like ~~Turkey~~ or Hungary) vote on things.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Turkey is not part of the EU.

The people of the US have the choice to not only elect their parliaments, but also the president. They also elect DAs and Sheriffs in many places. The people of the US have more democratic rights than most other people in countries considered democracies. This includes the ability to adress issues like gerrymandering and politically demanding to change them. But the people chose not to.

The people of the US are not victims of a system that they cannot possibly adress. Some marginalized groups are. But the majority of the American people are either in favor or indifferent to the current system. And if you are not sure about it, think about how bipartisan the resistance becomes, when marginalized groups are demanding a change to the system, like how the white democratic voters reacted to the civil rights movement or BLM.

[–] rainynight65@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

The people of the US have the choice to not only elect their parliaments, but also the president. They also elect DAs and Sheriffs in many places. The people of the US have more democratic rights than most other people in countries considered democracies.

The fact that they're having more elections does not mean they have 'more democratic rights'.

I for example fail to see the point of the US mid-term elections. It doesn't make the US system more democratic, just more complex.