Five to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish • 16 days agoShe Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.thiswillhold.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down193
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minus-squareBilleghcakelinkfedilink9•14 days agoThere isn’t a mechanism to recall the president over votes, and technically we didn’t vote for anyone. The electoral college did that. So for better or worse we are stuck with the current situation until their terms are up and are forced from office, or more direct action is taken. What I hope happens is that steps are taken to prevent that in the future. As it benefits the party in power, it likely won’t be fixed anytime soon.
minus-square@Vex_Detrause@lemmy.calinkfedilink4•14 days agoCan’t you guys do people power? Like what the Philippines did to oust the last dictator?
minus-squareBilleghcakelinkfedilink3•14 days agoSort of, but that requires our congress to get involved. Which currently mostly have a vested interest in not changing anything.
minus-square@Raiderkev@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink4•edit-214 days agoAnd were probably complicit in being installed by this regime. They will do nothing and allow this to continue because if they keep pulling this off, they can never be voted out. Edit fuck you autocorrect, were is a word.
There isn’t a mechanism to recall the president over votes, and technically we didn’t vote for anyone. The electoral college did that.
So for better or worse we are stuck with the current situation until their terms are up and are forced from office, or more direct action is taken.
What I hope happens is that steps are taken to prevent that in the future. As it benefits the party in power, it likely won’t be fixed anytime soon.
Can’t you guys do people power? Like what the Philippines did to oust the last dictator?
Sort of, but that requires our congress to get involved. Which currently mostly have a vested interest in not changing anything.
And were probably complicit in being installed by this regime. They will do nothing and allow this to continue because if they keep pulling this off, they can never be voted out.
Edit fuck you autocorrect, were is a word.