• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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      16 hours ago

      “Nothing can be done to solve this, says only nation where this regularly happens”

      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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        16 hours ago

        Levearging an onion article doesn’t make your argument here. I mean I could accuse the homosexual industrial complex that eisenhower warned us about, what with their pernicious influence, in referencing another onion article, but it doesn’t quite fit does it? That’s a satire article, a joke, so don’t pretend to get offended under false pretense.

        Electing our judges and politicians gives us a chance to take them back, giving that power to politicians and their appointees is surrendering it. We are so far passed where we can trust the system. So far.

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          4 hours ago

          This is “nottheonion,” dumbass. It means it’s not the onion.

          This isn’t a satire comm. The articles shared here are true stories.

        • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
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          14 hours ago

          The fact it’s satire doesn’t make it untrue, and we have plenty of statistics to back it up, but it seems the only thing Americans like more than complaining about their broken system is insisting that any change at all would make it worse.

          • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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            14 hours ago

            Are you arguing that surrendering the appointment of judges and prosecutors to politicians and their appointees would lead to better outcomes in the United States?

            • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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              12 hours ago

              i can’t tell if you’re arguing against chevron or regulatory capture. regulatory capture = bad, right? chevron (short bad summary: appointed agencies have expert opinions because they’re staffed by experts, so treat them as expert) = good, if the agency isn’t captured by the industry it’s trying to regulate, right? are we at the same starting point and assumptions or are you coming from somewhere else?

              • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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                11 hours ago

                I was under the impression we are arguing about the wisdom of changing the system in America where we elect judges and prosecutors, which was instituted in the mid 19th century, to one where politicians and their appointees simply appoint them as is done in most of the world. I am virulently arguing that allowing our politicians and establishment to appoint judges and prosecutors would lead vastly worse outcomes.

                That the rot in our institutions has spread throughout, and even if you think it works in another country well, it won’t here.

                Really it is laughable to think it would be better, despite your hundreds of supporters on here. Ha, hahaha. People are fucking stupid. No offense.

                  • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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                    11 hours ago

                    In reference to the totality of votes and support of not electing judges and prosecutors clearly.

                • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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                  11 hours ago

                  “Nothing can be done to change this, says only nation where this regularly happens”

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                    11 hours ago

                    How does that relate to the subject at hand? Are you a real person? I made a real argument, respond to the point, or maybe you wouldn’t feel more comfortable on fucking twitter.