> The US, in other words, is basically similar to Russia or most other dubious 'electoral' 'democratic' countries. We weren't formerly, but we clearly are now.
These people never went to Russia.
These people never went to Russia.
Edit: The downvotes are a sign that I've stepped on your sore toe. Go ahead, I have karma to spare, but remember my words next time you vote in an imaginary election.
Maybe instead of making the decisions one beer away from a blackout we should do what the Persians did.
“If an important decision is to be made, they [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day the master of the house where the discussion was held submits their decision for reconsideration when they are sober. If they still approve it, it is adopted; if not, it is abandoned. Conversely, any decision they make when they are sober, is reconsidered afterwards when they are drunk.” ― Herodotus
It's a more "proper choice" than pretty much all of the alternatives.
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Few predicted either of those. I know of nobody who claims to have predicted both.