Referendums are called propositions in the US and are voted on at the state level. Special interests pay tens or hundreds of millions of dollars for deceptive TV ads for or against propositions. The messages tend to be very dumbed down because the average person is too stupid to vote for anything beyond a simple slogan.
Direct democracy leads to a lot of idiot things getting done. Representative democracy was better for a while, but you still get Nazis coming to power from time to time.
Churchill had it about right:
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’
Older voters saw Democrats as more equipped to handle issues important to Americans 50-plus, such as Social Security, Medicare, the cost of prescription drugs and the ability to age independently at home. But Democrats’ edge over the GOP was relatively small on those questions, a sea change from polling 10 to 15 years ago, when Democrats had a bigger advantage, Ward says.
I may be a Luddite, but I never use the Auto setting for the cars ventilation system. I also don't want A/C on with heating. If it's cool outside, I'd rather run the fan harder with no A/C.
My attitude is that putting money in Elon's bank account in any way is funding evil, corrupt, and stupid people getting into office all over the world.
Anarcho-syndicalist commune. Take it in turns to act as sort-of executive officer for the week, but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting by a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a two thirds majority, in the case of a major foreign policy decision.
The White House argued that full reinstatement would create “significant confusion.”
Well, then maybe think about the legality before you do something next time. Yes, that was advice for someone who is smart and sane so will not be reflected in future decision making.
Trump did for his family after leaving office in 2021.
It's normal to extend it. It's not normal for the next President to end it. Especially when that hypocrite did it for his own offspring just 4 years earlier.
Your dog will enjoy his special day but then be disappointed it didn't happen again the next day. Then he'll get used to normal days until the following year.
I think the bigger headline should be the huge conflict of interest between Musk being a megadonor and "advisor" / leader of DOGE (depending on if you ask Trump or his minions) and being the CEO of Starlink owner SpaceX.
Add it to the list including lease of Starlink services and kits to the FAA.
Indeed, and the distraction from the point that someone was complaining about having to read about Reddit in a Reddit community was not worth the tangent.
Referendums are called propositions in the US and are voted on at the state level. Special interests pay tens or hundreds of millions of dollars for deceptive TV ads for or against propositions. The messages tend to be very dumbed down because the average person is too stupid to vote for anything beyond a simple slogan.
Direct democracy leads to a lot of idiot things getting done. Representative democracy was better for a while, but you still get Nazis coming to power from time to time.
Churchill had it about right: