08-25-2021, 04:14 PM
(08-24-2021, 07:19 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I don't see constitutional amendment as a viable option. I'm not sure what "Congressional Amendment" means, but certainly for best results congress will need to pass voting rights, and will need to bypass or end the filibuster to do it, and that seems unlikely right now. The people will have to outvote Republican voter suppression and increase Democratic control after 2022 sufficient enough to reduce or eliminate the filibuster and admit senators from PR and DC. I have predicted for many years that the 2022 election will see progressive trends open up and move ahead. It seems unlikely now, but I will hold to my prediction and we'll see what happens. But I do think government policy is the key to decreasing corporate domination. Moderately-liberal Democratic Senator Klobuchar seems on the ball on this; today's monopoly power needs to be curbed, and alternatives to corporations that dominate markets made more possible. The people can also build more local community power.
I meant Constitutional Amendment, but typed Congressional Amendment instead. No excuses here. Just O. Blivious in action.
I hope you're right that the 2022 election actually makes real change possible. The political narrative has been so bad for so long, it will be hard to move the people by persuasion. Disgust, on the other hand, might get us there. There is no shortage of good ideas if they can get an honest hearing, and the current crop of talking points on the right is so clearly wacknut crazy that they may do themselves in.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.