But in their infinite wisdom, they decided former presidents and presidential candidates were a sacred cow and we cannot hold someone accountable for their crimes of they might become president, we must put them in a position to ruin everything

  • pdxfed@lemmy.world
    40·
    14 hours ago

    Or an equitable economic system. Poverty and inequality breed desperation and support for extremism, partnered with no functional education system it’s the base for every authoritarian regime, ever.

    • Caveman@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 hours ago

      Or the loophole for campaign funding via SuperPACs (technically judicial also since Citizens United)

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 hours ago

      No economic system is immune to flowing money to the top. We need strong education, “economic morals”, to stay strong. No slogans, no, “My system is better!” Education.

      We already have a wealth of history to draw on, see what has worked and what has failed.

        • Bags@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          5 minutes ago

          I’m currently reading a book (A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge) where 2 voyages get stranded at the same faraway star system, one is a totalitarian autocracy and the other is a free trading culture. The totalitarian regime gets the upper hand, takes over via manipulation and sabotage, and tries to stifle and outlaw all money and trade. They end up spying on the underground black market trade that pops up and manipulates people into trading and doing work for the regimes benefit without their knowledge… If not money, then goods and services, or any other analog for such. Certain people will always try to accumulate “wealth”, whatever that wealth may be, it doesn’t necessarily have to be legal tender.

          The book feels extremely relevant to current events, as the autocratic regime employs a ubiquitous police state and uses an even less ethical analog for AI to control it all. It was published in 1999.