Reform

How we fix the system

Submitted by Larry on 28 December 2020 - 4:20pm

(Lightly edited from a Twitter thread.)

I keep saying the GOP needs to be destroyed, utterly. That's true. But how can that happen when there are still honest, non-corrupt conservatives in the country? (Which there are.) They're not going to suddenly become Democrats, & you don't want the Democrats pulled right like that.

We need an honest conservative party in the US, if only to balance out the off-the-wall parts of the left. One that still respects science and civil rights, but can disagree on implementation details.

But in our 2 party system, how can such a party come to pass?

Gun control, campaign control

Submitted by Larry on 25 February 2018 - 5:51pm

If you haven't been living under a rock, by now you're well-aware of the school mass shooting in Parkland, Florida last week. For the most part it has played out much as previous mass shootings have. There's a very clear script that the USA follows: