If the US had anything resembling a real democracy i would concur, but you don’t have that. The two-party system with first-past-the-post really fucks the US populations ability to get change enacted. Lula’s party does not have a 2/3 majority, it has to seek partners for the laws they want to enact, and that takes time.
If nothing else, Donald has demonstrated that change really takes no time at all. A president just has to give enough of a damn to do it. The motherfucker literally made his second inauguration a ritual in demonstrating a commitment to change. (Shitty changes, but still change.)
And yes, our system has been well-engineered from the start to make sure the entire governing apparatus favors the rich and powerful. I don’t think that is ever going to change.
Maybe that’s the case in Brazil, but here in the US, that is patently false.
If the US had anything resembling a real democracy i would concur, but you don’t have that. The two-party system with first-past-the-post really fucks the US populations ability to get change enacted. Lula’s party does not have a 2/3 majority, it has to seek partners for the laws they want to enact, and that takes time.
If nothing else, Donald has demonstrated that change really takes no time at all. A president just has to give enough of a damn to do it. The motherfucker literally made his second inauguration a ritual in demonstrating a commitment to change. (Shitty changes, but still change.)
And yes, our system has been well-engineered from the start to make sure the entire governing apparatus favors the rich and powerful. I don’t think that is ever going to change.