How do we restore democracy to the United States?

[Herargon]

Abolish FPTP, introduce PS/STV or the like.

Clearly we need an advanced form of materialistic democracy, where citizens are required by law to carry an implant which enables them to instantly cast their vote during referendums.
It gives a 10% happiness boost, so everyone should be cool with it

10% boost? Pl0x nerf.

[The Saint James Islands]

Sadly, I fear that nothing short of a coup or a revolution will bring an end to the current oligarchic state of affairs that rules the US. As for what we do when that (never) happens, we need to—at a minimum—torch the electoral college with extreme prejudice, ban gerrymandering, institute campaign finance reform and get rid of first-past-the-post voting.

Or we could do the last three things, turn the POTUS into a figurehead and institute a parliamentary system of government. Either one works, as far as I’m concerned.

[Ashmoria]

Wait, why shouldn't prisoners have the right to vote? I don't understand.

I actually didn't know that was a thing, so I have no stance. But on a whim, I don't see why they should be denied the right to vote.

well if you can target a specific group for felonies, a group that tends to vote against you, and if those felonies keep them from voting you have disenfranchised your opponents without getting the supreme court involved.

millions of minorities have been disenfranchised this way by making the possession of marijuana a felony.

[Nordengrund]

I would change the voting system from first past the post to approval voting. The current voting system is rigged against third parties and mixed member proportional would seem to make it to easy for people with radical ideas to get into power.

I would also prohibit corporations from donating money for political parties and candidates.

Beyond that, I wouldn't know.

[Thyrgga]

I think that "restore" is the wrong word, because the American political system was less democratic in the past.

[Genivaria]

Nothing because America is already a democracy.

But to make it better, just get rid of the electoral college, decentralize, and implement a parliament.

Maybe then we'd have a few libertarians in government.

DE-centralize? We're already decentralized enough.

[Community Values]

Nothing because America is already a democracy.

But to make it better, just get rid of the electoral college, decentralize, and implement a parliament.

Maybe then we'd have a few libertarians in government.

DE-centralize? We're already decentralized enough.

Obviously we have to centralize the government so we all get to have the great effects of federal laws passed by Donald J Trump!

no thank you.

[Genivaria]

DE-centralize? We're already decentralized enough.

Obviously we have to centralize the government so we all get to have the great effects of federal laws passed by Donald J Trump!

no thank you.

Basing it on who's in office is pretty fucking inconsistent.

[Diopolis]

Democracy on a scale of three hundred million people is inherently unsustainable. Rewriting the constitution to decentralize is the only way.

[Community Values]

Obviously we have to centralize the government so we all get to have the great effects of federal laws passed by Donald J Trump!

no thank you.

Basing it on who's in office is pretty fucking inconsistent.

Expand it to every president and I'd have the same opinion. Why should someone in Oregon have to listen to the demands of someone in Washington? One probably cares more about Oregon than the other.

[Ifreann]

Basing it on who's in office is pretty fucking inconsistent.

Expand it to every president and I'd have the same opinion. Why should someone in Oregon have to listen to the demands of someone in Washington? One probably cares more about Oregon than the other.

Why should someone in one part of Oregon have to listen to the demands of someone in the state capital? Why should someone in one neighbourhood in a city have to listen to the demands of someone in a different neighbourhood in the same city? Why should someone on the north end of a street have to listen to the demands of someone on the south end of a street? Why should the people on the ground floor have to listen to the demands of the people upstairs?

[Big Brain City]

First, we need to get rid of any pretenses of being anything but a non-self-destructing democratic state.
Ideally, abolishing the electoral college would be a start, followed by proportional representation.

[Community Values]

Expand it to every president and I'd have the same opinion. Why should someone in Oregon have to listen to the demands of someone in Washington? One probably cares more about Oregon than the other.

Why should someone in one part of Oregon have to listen to the demands of someone in the state capital? Why should someone in one neighbourhood in a city have to listen to the demands of someone in a different neighbourhood in the same city? Why should someone on the north end of a street have to listen to the demands of someone on the south end of a street? Why should the people on the ground floor have to listen to the demands of the people upstairs?

Because there's a reasonable point where federalization works and where it doesn't work. This happens to be the point at which I think it would work.

You can find people that believe there should be no "listening", go to the more anarchist members of the Left-wing Discussion thread.

[Uxupox]

Socialism.
Politicians being under the control of corporations, or literally being themselves billionaire business magnates, is what created the problem.

You are gonna see a few million dead before that shit gets track here.

[Luziyca]

At the very least, get rid of the electoral college.

Ideally, I would have a Parliamentary system: each American votes for the members of the Senate and the House. The party with the most seats in the house will get to have their leader become President, while the party with the most seats in the Senate will have their Senate leader become Vice-President.

[Thermodolia]

Socialism.
Politicians being under the control of corporations, or literally being themselves billionaire business magnates, is what created the problem.

You are gonna see a few million dead before that shit gets track here.

Better dead then red

[Internationalist Bastard]

"Restore" implies it wasn't always an oligarchal lie

[Balkenreich]

You are gonna see a few million dead before that shit gets track here.

Better dead then red

Tell that to college Commies and California.

[Elwher]

Can one restore what never existed?

[Luziyca]

Better dead then red

Tell that to college Commies and California.

Even if California is all socialist and we added the college commies so we can get 40 million or so, it'd still make only 12.5% of the population who would profess such beliefs in the States.

I don't think they'd stand a chance unless they got the military on their side.

[Major-Tom]

Nothing because America is already a democracy.

But to make it better, just get rid of the electoral college, decentralize, and implement a parliament.

Maybe then we'd have a few libertarians in government.

DE-centralize? We're already decentralized enough.

On the contrary, giving more freedoms to individual states would be a blessing for US democracy.

[Uxupox]

Better dead then red

Tell that to college Commies and California.

California has always been a traitorous state to great interest of the United States of America.

[Thermodolia]

Better dead then red

Tell that to college Commies and California.

California is socialist?

[Balkenreich]

Tell that to college Commies and California.

California is socialist?

Might as fucking well be.

Ive drawn up plans and shit on how Bom-er i mean, convince them to turn back to the union.

[Genivaria]

California is socialist?

Might as fucking well be.

Ive drawn up plans and shit on how Bom-er i mean, convince them to turn back to the union.

Fucking lol.
What does socialism even mean to you?