▲ 57 ▼ US again vetoes UN action in Israel-Hamas war, blocks ceasefire call (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by ira@lemmy.ml to c/world@lemmy.world 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SoupBrick@yiffit.net 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) A good portion of US citizens are ashamed of their government's actions and speak out against them by protesting. The government knows no shame tho. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Our broken electoral system means that our only real resolution to pressure politicians is primarying - in a healthy multi-party system one or a few parties would likely defect to the public will. Since it's awful democrats or world ending republicans there's almost no justification for democrats to reform their position as a group - just for vulnerable ones to defect to defend from being primaried. The key here is to remember these votes for the next primary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Our broken electoral system means that our only real resolution to pressure politicians is primarying - in a healthy multi-party system one or a few parties would likely defect to the public will. Since it's awful democrats or world ending republicans there's almost no justification for democrats to reform their position as a group - just for vulnerable ones to defect to defend from being primaried. The key here is to remember these votes for the next primary. permalink fedilink source parent