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As I said, I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but when you consider how the progressive wing of the Democrats is demonized by their own people, even though it's so obvious that the people want these policies, I have very little hope.
Just to illustrate how difficult it is for a European to understand the US mentality: Sanders, AOC, and Mamdani would be moderate center-left politicians in Europe, not at all "extremists" as they are apparently portrayed in the US.
We have two serious foundational issues in our nation that must be addressed, or we will never move beyond where we are right now.
The first is what you referred to: the Conservative Propaganda Machine, which is an amazingly effective operation. They brutally abuse the First Amendment, knowing it is difficult to regulate it, but that is exactly what we have to do. The Conservative Propaganda Machine operates entirely in bad faith, and is the mouthpiece for MAGA, a domestic terrorist organization, and this nation's biggest national security threat. Under those circumstances, MAGA's dissemination of disingenuous speech can be controlled.
The second is Campaign Finance Reform, which is the issue from which ALL other issues flow. It allows Sociopathic Oligarchs to control our government through legal bribery and corruption by BOTH sides. We must reconfigure our entire election system so that it filters OUT the worst and most corrupt candidates, instead of washing out our most responsible candidates by bad-faith, disingenuous campaign rhetoric.
As long as those two situations remain in force, we will always have problems with the worst of our nation gaining power. We have to put ALL candidates on equal, fair footing, so the best candidates can be elevated to positions of RESPONSIBILITY, and keep criminals and traitors from gaming our system to gain power to exploit our nation.
Thank you very much for the information. Although I only know the US system from afar and through observation, I come to the same conclusion.