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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 07:47:59 JST Evan Prodromou

   Well, this is kind of disheartening. That's a lot of people who don't think the US government system can be repaired using its own built-in functionality.

   I'm somewhat agree. I think that a lot of the problems that keep the US government from doing good work are actually issues in Congress that can be corrected with simple majority votes. For example, repealing the filibuster, growing supreme Court, or growing the size of the House of Representatives.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 07:51:36 JST Evan Prodromou

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     One of The patterns that Mike Duncan notes in his analysis of revolutions is that they often come about because entrenched interests hold on to unjust, but legal, advantages far beyond the point where they are possibly equitable or defensible.

     I think there are a lot of those advantages being abused in the US governmental system, and a key success factor will be whether entrenched interests know how to give them up tactically in order to avoid bigger disruptions.

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     Bruce Elrick (virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 10:40:22 JST Bruce Elrick

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     @evan

     Isn't it amazing how they just can't help themselves?!?