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[–] 166 points 3 days ago* (48 children)

Sociopath. Even if you hate the guy, if you’re a public figure like trump, the least you can do is muster a bit of empathy.

But he can’t, because he can’t even fathom the concept of empathy. It’s completely foreign to him.

Electing sociopaths is how you get war and genocide, as we’ve known for millennia. And we’ve given a total sociopath the levers of genocide, both abroad and at home.

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  • [–] 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Not that I think he had much in the way of empathy prior to this, but he lacks a filter of any kind which is a symptom I had to repeatedly apologize for when my grandfather's dementia got worse.

    The dude has full on dementia, no one is doing anything and he will continue to degrade both himself and the reputation of anything associated with him as this keeps going.

    Funnily enough, dipshit donny might be the best publically perceivable evidence of the need for reform we will ever get.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 days ago (11 children)

    Reforms that are needed:

    1. Compulsory voting for all citizens
    2. Ranked choice voting system
    3. Age limits for politicians

    I'm sure there are more, but this is just off the top of my head.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    Plenty of countries have laws that fine or otherwise punish people that do not vote, afaik this doesn't tend to lead to better functioning democracies. I think this is a thing where the carrot works better than the stick.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I'd like to believe but do you really see a future where old (white) dudes in power will vote in favor of a reform where old dudes arent allowed to be in power because they are "supposedly" unfit for it?

    Yeah that wont be happening any time soon in my opinion.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    They could vote for the legislation, maybe push for an amendment, that doesn't kick in for about 10 years.

    e.g. starting 1 January 2036, no person can be a member of Congress who has been in office for 10 or more years, consecutively or non-consecutively. This does not apply to any person who was a Congressperson at the time that this amendment was ratified; and years served before 1 January 2030 will not count.

    and/or,

    e.g. notwithstanding the aforementioned, starting 1 January 2060, no person can be a member of Congress who has been a member of Congress for 10 or more years, consecutively or non-consecutively.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    "they'll only vote for policies that benefit the country if it doesn't affect them" tells you everything about the people currently in power.

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