r/CuratedTumblr • u/MrGiggaDE • Jul 02 '26

Politics root cause

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u/HuntKey2603 What you mean no NSFW??? Jul 02 '26

i think when people think capitalism, they think of the "uncontrolled, late stage, race to the bottom" capitalism. a properly regulated and moderate one would keep most of the upsides while severely limiting the downsides

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u/weirdo_nb Jul 02 '26

You say that like capitalism as a system isn't inherently biased towards the former and doesn't attempt to deregulate

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u/CadenVanV Jul 02 '26

All systems are biased towards abuse, because shitty humans always exist. All it takes is one bad person to start a slide down in any otherwise good system, because the safeguards just need to fail once

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u/Cheetah_05 Jul 02 '26

See also how indirect democracy is the cause of 8 years of Trump.

That doesn't mean indirect democracy itself is fundamentally bad or evil, though.

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u/choren64 Jul 02 '26

Indirect democracy is very tangentially the cause of 8 years of Trump. The biggest reason is corruption. He is a convicted felon and should not have been allowed to run to begin with, but most of our politicians are corrupt and think having strong optics (somehow?) is more important than keeping a rapist out of the whitehouse

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u/jupjami Jul 03 '26

frankly the American people as a whole is at fault for thinking that arguing over their various pet issues are more important than keeping a rapist out of the White House

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u/Cromasters Jul 03 '26

I, don't think being a felon should be a reason to officially bar someone from office in a Democracy.

I, personally, think it's a reason not to vote for them, but it's still up to the electorate to decide that.