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America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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Why weren't Americans polled?
Many of them were. Canada, Mexico and Brazil is on the list.
Fair enough, I should have been more specific - although those from said countries are usually referred to by their countries respective names, so using "Americans" for those from the USA is extremely common and true to that pattern.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-countries-americans-like-most-and-least/
I meant Americans' views of their own country.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11718062/canada-us-morals-survey/
That's a shocking difference of attitude.
Our media has been pitting us against each other for decades. Conservatives think leftists are evil because of all the gay sex; leftists think conservatives are evil because of book banning. And they all think the ones who say they “aren’t political” are uninformed and ignorant. Obviously more examples than that but you get the gist. It’s become extremely tribal, so it’s not shocking to me at all.
I agree with much of what you have said however reducing why leftists dislike conservatives to book banning is disingenuous. They are forcing religious doctrines on everyone, starting wars with no rationale, removing reproductive and voting rights, the list goes on… The example of book banning is such a limited example of damage compared to high level relevant examples that it does not feel representative.
Oh you’re totally right; it was just the first example that came to mind, mostly because I finished a book recently that featured a book-banning villain.
That tracks. The book banning is for sure reprehensible too and is definitely a tool used in repressive regimes. What book were you reading/would you recommend it?
It’s called The Astral Library by Kate Quinn. I enjoyed it; I listened to it and the narrator was good, and I didn’t want to stop listening, which is a good sign. I haven’t read anything else by Quinn but I guess she does mostly historical fiction, and based on Goodreads reviews, her fanbase did not appreciate this one because she had GASP a former foster kid as a main character, a bisexual character, a trans kid, and she makes one throwaway comment about “religious types” that sent her fans into rants about her being anti-Christian. Holy hell. Anyway I thought it was fine! Maybe some of the messaging was a little heavy handed, but it clearly came from a place of deep love of libraries so I can’t say I fault her for it too much.
Interesting, thanks I’ll check it out! That’s a different narrative to follow.
That is a shocking difference in attitude. I’m not as familiar with Canadian laws but I believe that in the US, lack of media accountability and politicization/money play a large role in the problem. When the media is allowed to lie about facts and events, then lies proliferate with no consequential legal recourse to remedy the problem. The news should be backed by verifiable facts provable in court. Departures from that should be prosecuted and loose their news license. We won a big case against Fox News even in the slanted capitalist courts and it changed nothing because the sanction was a slap on the wrist compared to profits from fear mongering. I saw my grandparents fall down the Fox News hole and it was heartbreaking. In addition the current media consolidation trend should be prohibited because of monopolization principles. Billionaires should not own the press, it belongs to the people. With that framework in mind, the US public is being wildly manipulated to hate each other when we have more in common than anything. It’s actually working class vs. billionaires/trillionaire.