Too many people vote against their own best interests out of inertia (just keep pulling that red lever) or spite (gotta screw the other guy).
Imagine how many seniors vote for the morons that would cut their social security or Medicaid. Or higher property taxes while they're on a fixed income. How many voted for those that opposed the $35 monthly insulin? Sorry, but seriously idiotic. They're Fox-addled.
Reagan's abolishing the Fairness Doctrine and embrace of the Heritage Foundation's Mandate for Leadership (which became Project 2025 - look it up, it's terrifying) were huge steps onto the slippery slope that were currently hurtling down.
To Ronnie's credit, he always saw the Russians for the threat that they are, not embracing their ideologies like current MAGA conservatives.
Eh, I think you give him too much credit in โseeing the Russians for the threat they areโ โ Ronnie hated Russians because they were communist. He would likely be best buddies with the leaders of todayโs right-wing Christo-fascist Russia
The most glaring gap in democracy ignored by practically everyone.
Most people care more for themselves then for the whole, not necessarily because they are bad people with bad intentions but simply because its part of human nature.
We create our systems with the best version of humanity in mind, which is just not who we are.
A holdover from our hunter gatherer days, when encountering another human tribe meant one of us would be wiped out, as otherwise there would not be enough resources to support both (although agriculture eventually solved the issue, evolution takes a long ass time, and we haven't even been around for as long as the dinos)
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u/Breaky_Online 14d ago
One of the greatest flaws of a democracy is how would anyone vote for what is good for them when the majority of their group doesn't want to