There needs to be public funding of elections. That would go a long way.
If we really want reform, the system should be changed from a first-past-the-post presidential system to a parliamentary system with party-list proportional representation. Neither system is perfect, but the latter captures a wider range of views within society.
Germany is a stable constitutional federal republic with proportional representation and power vested in the Bundestag. No reason why the US can't have the same.
The simple fact that you can spend $1 in Meta ads to raise $1.02 in political contributions, at the scale of hundreds of millions of dollars, is fueling political campaigns.
Question for historians... Was there a time in the US that preying upon the elderly for political campaign funding like this would've been met with universal (both sides of the aisle) outrage, and probably cost the parties doing it many elections?
SSJPython ·3 hours ago
If we really want reform, the system should be changed from a first-past-the-post presidential system to a parliamentary system with party-list proportional representation. Neither system is perfect, but the latter captures a wider range of views within society.
Germany is a stable constitutional federal republic with proportional representation and power vested in the Bundestag. No reason why the US can't have the same.
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