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Congress could do a lot of things that they are refusing ro do.
Because Republicans have both majorities and the presidency...
Our system sucks, but it used to be functional, and can be again.
Obviously one of the first things to do once it's functional, is improve the system and put in protections to stop this from happening again.
Like, everyone complains about the electoral college, but we could just get rid of it and make the presidency a straight popular vote. But the real problem, is a president was never meant to have this much power in the first place. They're supposed to be an essentially powerless ambassador.
No real power, just the person we said can speak on our behalf in situations where there's just a single seat at a table for America
Agreed, that will be critical in trying to regain any level of trust from the rest of the world.
Again, you have identified another of the issues that needs fixing.
Between fixing those issues and repairing all the damage Trump (and his acomplices) have done, the USA has decades of work to do.
I hope they are both willing and able to put in the effort.
If you think that, you need to look back on how fast FDR fixed shit, and how the only thing that stopped him from doing more, is people not following up by flushing incumbents holding back progress.
Back then the average person didn't have the same outreach. Social media means people can actually organize and hear how things are going. That's why oligarchs keep gobbling up social media and flooding it with bots.
They're fucking scared.
Remind me in 6 years.
Based on the level of apathy I see from a majority of Americans, I don't expect much more than surface level changes (re-naming things back to their original names, de-trumping the white house decore etc) and little else.
I also don't trust that the Americans won't just elect another complete asshole 4 years after Trump is no longer president.
Then you don't understand how bad the party was under neoliberalism from 1991-2025, and you just assume that was actually trying or that the party went in a different direction with the 2025 chair election.
Like, if you ignore everything, obviously it's not going to make sense.
If you pay attention to what happened and what is happening, you wouldn't spend your free time shitting on the best and only chance to save the country....
Unless you were a trump supporter or neoliberal despite to depress dem turnout to stop progressives
I assume that was supposed to be "desperate".
That aside, I would much prefer the Americans elect a Democrat over a Republican, but I also would prefer the democrats put forward more progressive candidates than they have been.
Buddy...
Every comment you make, shows you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
The party shouldn't pick any candidate, the fact that they were was the problem.
Why the fuck don't you ask questions instead of a constant string of wrong information?
Do you think any of the shit you e been saying is actually true or how any of this works?