In the US people can change the government peacefully with a vote. But that process only gives them two choices that largely represent no one but corporate interests. I hope at some point the US adopts a better voting system.
* Labor unions had state militias called on them and thousands were massacred at the hands of private security agencies during the Mine Wars
* Women had to die in the Triangle massacre before safety became a concern.
* Martin Luther King along with tons of other black people needed to die just to be considered humans.
* Vietnam required the Kent State Massacre.
* How many children and civilians have we had die needlessly at the hands of the police? You can't get a jury to convict them.
The American government has never represented the people. It will take nothing less than large amounts violence to change the country if history is any indicator of the future.
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Claiming that both sides favor corporations is to deny reality when it comes to voting records. Republicans have consistently passed legislation that hurt consumers and benefit corporations, another recent example was banning consumers ability to start class action lawsuits against banks.
You have the DNC legislature that was enabled to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a bureau that the GOP voted whole-hardheartedly against and continue to weaken now that they control Congress and the Senate. You have the GOP that put a pro-corporate Justice on SCOTUS that thinks employees should be punished when they aren't willing to risk their life in literal life and death circumstances in ransAm Trucking v. Administrative Review Board.
I'm sorry but there is clearly one party that cares about people and it ain't the fucking GOP.
If not, I'd suggest that you block out some time to do so. You might find the experience to be illuminating.
Whether it be local, state, or federal government, it all works pretty much the same way. And none of it, despite peoples' cries, is functioning outside of how it was designed to.
Ironically, my observation is that gov't employment is often less about knowledge/expertise and more about friendsies, patronage/quotas and malleability/docility.
@ this point, I'm not convinced that the current state of affairs doesn't reflect the complicity of "the people" (who are constantly reminded to aim for "middle-class" (mediocrity)).
Since we'd be working with the same public, changing the # of parties would still likely yield the same result. And I say that as someone who regularly votes on positions not parties or candidates (and is often criticized for doing so).