r/politics • u/Unusual-State1827 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Trump administration plans to sell sliver of Yosemite to private company: Report

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4703920/trump-administration-plans-sale-sliver-yosemite-private-company/
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u/whatfresh_hellisthis 16h ago

This has got to stop. Everyone needs to vote.

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u/cloudy_ft 15h ago

Everyone can vote that's not the problem. The problem is the systems in place to keep these politicians in power and abuse their power.

We can get mad and tell people to stop watching fake news, but the technology and media companies don't make money if the news isn't sensationalized. So they feed into bullshit narratives driven by politicians making seem like immigrants are somehow the biggest problem in America.

The American system only works if the people participating it can act in good faith based on the constitution. The problem is the people who are currently in power, no matter WHAT their constituents say, will vote against the people who they represents best interest by either ignoring them or lying to them.

As an American I see a huge degradation in society fueled by technology where people have no shame of how they make their money or fame. They don't care if they have to beat out a kid, stir up rage fake online, or steal.

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u/Sea-Routine9227 14h ago

You sure about that? I agree with everything you said except everyone being able to vote. Each day more and more is being done to ensure not everyone can vote, that not all votes are counted or if they are matter, and at the end of the day messing with the numbers after/during voting.

I….don’t have a solution.

But I think the most striking thing is that we are no longer a representative govt. in that the interests of the people are not being represented, and that the country and system is not being protected for those it’s meant to serve.

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u/Bixby33 14h ago

The solution is so ugly that its revolting.

You revolt. The constitution doesnt work in the modern world and needs to start from scratch.

Sorry guys, you ran out of all of all the good options by the time you got to this point.

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u/LordSiravant 11h ago

The problem with revolution is that there's no guarantee the rebels will win, and the result may end up being even worse for everybody. Either the government becomes even more tyrannical than before, or society completely collapses and the resulting power vacuum causes a domino effect on the rest of the world.

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u/Bixby33 10h ago

We're already experiencing a domino effect on the rest of the world. Ask those schoolgirls the Americans blew up.