It doesn't. We live in a plutocracy. We won't survive without major reform. Elon musk... I can't believe I'm saying this... Is right about a third party being needed. He can't be anywhere near it but we need actual progressive ideas. Like... Cut military spending in half and eliminate subsidies for
none of that will happen until we eliminate Citizens United and make lobbying bribery illegal. money in politics mutes people. only companies with cash are heard.
the sticking point with cutting military spending in half is that money is funneled to companies in every state of the union. no senator would vote to cut his state's allocation. no one has that kind of foresight and ability to do the right thing. military industrial complex would gut it.
Oil and corn and use those savings to fund universal healthcare, small to medium business subsidies and affordable college. Or making for profit prisons illegal. Shit like that
sorry, I'm not interested in any party that's pushed by Elon Musk. he can leave for Mars now as far as I'm concerned. he can take Marc Andreessen, Zuck, Thiel, and the rest of those "simple abundance" clowns with him. I agree with your points. why don't Americans talk about it more?
Yeah I agree. There needs to be A third party. Just not his