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We don't need to have a system where there are only 2 terrible choices. if the federal government wasn't so large but rather a looser organization such as the
by tomcar288 2y ago
We don't need to have a system where there are only 2 terrible choices.
if the federal government wasn't so large but rather a looser organization such as the EU, then each state would be a sovereign entity and the presidency wouldn't matter so much. then you would have 50 or more choices (50x2=100)
- encoderer 2y agoYou look at Europe and seriously want that?
- Scea91 2y agoI live in Prague but travel often to the DC area for business. I’d choose to live in Prague in about 70000 out of 80000 simulations. It just feels better to live here for many reasons (safety, culture, nature, walkability, quality of restaurants and clubs and overall you don’t see many poor people around). Europe has economic issues but the quality of life is very high most of the time.
- encoderer 2y agoI would also choose Prague over DC. Honestly DC is not a great place to live.
- imafish 2y agoOver the American system? Anyday
- pelorat 2y agoMultiparty representative democracy with a prime minister is a far superior system than a presidential republic.
- encoderer 2y agoIt has advantages but I don’t see UK, Germany and France thriving.
- rc5150 2y ago[flagged]
- teknoxjon 2y agoUniversal healthcare, strong working class, strong k-12 education, govt mandated work/life balance & child support, abortion, free from a large population of Christian (protestant) nationalism that influences politics at every level... why yes, yes I do.
- toephu2 2y agoUniversal healthcare is usually not a plus.. ask any Canadian.
- kredd 2y agoMeh, I personally like it. It's a bit of liberating feeling to never, ever think about health insurance here in Vancouver. Obviously has ups and downs (especially for non elective surgeries), but it's my personal preference.
- kbigdelysh 2y agoI'm Canadian and living in California. I want Universal Healthcare.
- toephu2 2y agoTry living in Canada. And experience the healthcare and wait times there. Many Canadians come to the USA for healthcare, or wish they could.
- teknoxjon 2y agoEven if the wait times get bad sometimes, isn't it worth the wait at times rather than going bankrupt? I think it's...a great trade off. There are wait time problems in US too but maybe not as common.
- toephu2 2y agoYou know it's the law in the US to have health insurance? Literally everyone must have health insurance otherwise you get penalized. If you have health insurance it's not going to bankrupt you. I know plenty of people without a job and are poor in the US... guess what? They get free healthcare. They don't pay a penny. You can even give birth and not pay a penny out of pocket if you are on Medical. The US has a large population on free healthcare. California actually has quite a large "socialist" state. Lots of things are free or near free for people people. Similar to Canada or Europe. No one talks about it though.
- MarcelOlsz 2y agoBeauty, walkable cities, history, better workers rights? I have never found a reason to go to the USA besides jobs and your national parks, nothing else.
- shadowgovt 2y agoIt's an interesting idea, but it's more or less been tried. The conclusion of that experiment was that half of the country would gladly go to war to force the other half to stay as one country. I don't think that has changed. Especially given that the primary political divisions aren't between state lines; They are rural and urban divisions.
- marviel 2y agoranked choice voting!
- rmk 2y agoThis is already the case. American states have a lot of latitude in setting policy and governing themselves.