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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I hearby nominate Londo Molari, of House Molari, as Prime Minister.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

That's when you realise, the President was just the figurehead.
What's gonna be done, is gonna be done.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

By jove I think he's on to something

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Sure, let's run the country like me: total lack of executive function.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The presidency would then fall to the speaker of the house, so you arent getting off that easy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Ghost ride the whip except the whip is the most powerful country on earth

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is Trump the person least appropriate to be president of the United States? Maybe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd say he's just slightly better than the worms in RFK Jr's brain, but just barely.

He should drop out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Maybe Kamala will win and trump will be seen for the sore loser he is, even by republicans.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

At that point the most powerful and influential people in all the land would be remaining cabinet members, the FBI, the CIA, the Pentagon, and the SCOTUS.

Congress would become nothing more than a budget and accounting office for our true overlords, and the Senate would have no tiebreakers.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nobody 2024, let's do this

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Nobody will do the right thing

Nobody will look out for and solve issues in your local community

Nobody is educated and smart about using resources

Nobody will make your life better

Nobody cares

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nobody knows who I really am.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Nobody will start WW3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Well that got real in a fucking hurry

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe leaders are a bad idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Syndicalism is the only way.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe centralizing that much power under one person is folly and we should split up the powers of civilian head of the military, head of the executive branch of government, veto power over the Senate, and whatever other powers have encroached into the office.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ban all political parties except cat people party and dog people party. All debates will just be submissions of each party cutest animal.

Put all horse girls on a watch list. Put snake people in charge of the CIA.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Are you talking cat people as in people who like cats or people cat hybrids because this is research I can get behind

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

200+ upvotes and one other comment. Not much to say, sounds like we are all in agreement.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

The fact that he is allowed to even run is insane. Traitors should be in prison.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Good idea ... how about just a system where everyone elects a regional representative and leave it at that.

No political parties, just political reps representing their region.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

But then how would we have a Supreme Court to rule all of heaven and earth like self appointed god kings?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

But they all have to pool military power and resources to maintain an active army. So I guess we'll just have to select one Secretary General who leads them. /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Does it have to be connected to the dirt I live near? Maybe we can all vote for people and those with more votes can represent us more?

I get there are regional issues, but not everything is regional.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Except every Soviet was eventually dominated by one political party, with no competition against it allowed. That's a far cry from "everyone just elects the best representative for their region no parties"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, because not every soviet was in the USSR. And it doesn't change that OPs idea is literally soviets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_(council)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh, sorry, I could've added an addendum to my comment.

"Every Soviet eventually became dominated by one party or died"

I'm quite aware of the other council based systems that cropped up (most familiar with Mahkno) and the attempts to reform the soviet system (most familiar with Kronstadt) but all of those died, so there's not much point in mentioning them. I also don't see the point of saying "it's just like soviets" when that version of the Soviets has only existed for at most a year or two, or completely only in theory.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What about a ring that gives the wearer supreme power?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Intriguing perhaps some additional rings could be forged simultaneously to enable greater synergy through delegation of power to representatives of various ~~species~~ states, parties etc

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about a gauntlet that requires gems of state reps. And it has a 50% of working and a 50% of killing whoever is wearing it. But when it works, it has a 50% chance of making things worse.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I think you just went full circle.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No, communism has a centrally planned, state-directed economy. Only some executive functions are regional, but the power also lies at very few people in the end.