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Some level of coordinated collective action is required. It is clear that our local choices have global impact.

The trick is finding mutually beneficial and agreed-upon strategies for getting along with one another.

Much of the trouble in the United States can be traced to Congress abdicating its responsibilities (under presidents of both parties). As voters, we are responsible for that failure. November is coming soon; it is an opportunity to choose those representatives who will choose the right thing over the expedient thing when the choice is required.



I used to think that the fact that the HoR size has held constant since 1910 (!) was among the major problems.

2020 saw a week where:

- POTUS couldn't remove the unconstitutional act of a predecessor, that should have been a Congressional job at all points

- SCOTUS rewrote the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that should have been a Congressional job at all points

- Congress blew fat piles of cash on COVID-19 but did precious little else of which I'm aware

I submit that a https://conventionofstates.com/ is overdue.


What was it that POTUS could not undo and that SCOTUS did?


DACA, whether you think it was a great idea or not.




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