this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2024
40 points (76.3% liked)

Showerthoughts

29808 readers
1085 users here now

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. Avoid politics
    • 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
    • 3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
    • 3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
quinten
vatlark
forkball
Thekingoflorda
40
We should have elections with no candidates. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

All us WEIRD (western educated industrialized rich democratic) countries seem to spend a really embarrassing amount of time talking about the pointless minutiae surrounding our candidates for office and their personal lives.

We are also prone to backing very crap candidates based on personality, rhetoric, appearance ie: things that have nothing to do with being a good executive or legislator.

I think we should ban names from the election process and just have each party submit their ideas in writing and let people vote based on those submissions.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] sensiblepuffin 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've certainly seen an uptick in anti-social behavior since Covid. Whether or not it's because of the economic situation or being cooped up inside, it really seems to have done a number on some people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But we are far enough out that "cabin fever" would have passed. What we are seeing are people's true colors, they just don't have any shame to hide it anymore.

[–] sensiblepuffin 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not blaming it on cabin fever or anything like that. I think people are just angry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i agree people are angry. After hearing so many people talk about the issues they are angry about it becomes very obvious they are ignorant on the topics. But it's not just ignorant, its a fundamental world view issue.

Look at the economy. People want to blame Dems for inflation. The US is doing the best of first world countries to combat it but no one seems to get that. You ask these same people what would fix the problem and they look to either kick out immigrants or "stick it to foreign countries." Well the immigrants arent taking high paying jobs and neither are foreign countries. So either you really dont get how things work, or you're kind of racist/xenophobic. And after the past years of issues where people are just generally being assholes to one another, i tend to want to believe this is really just deep levels of hate we kept hidden before. Trump didnt make people hate more, he just made it socially acceptable.

If I'm wrong and its just ignorance on how the world works and people voted poorly... doesn't really solve much.

[–] sensiblepuffin 2 points 2 weeks ago

So either you really dont get how things work, or you’re kind of racist/xenophobic.

It's both. It's always both. People are afraid and angry and hungry, and that brings fascism like flies to shit. I really don't want to believe that people were always this hateful, and that it's mostly because times are tough for everyone. Doesn't help that you have Fox News and their cronies whipping everyone into a frenzy about every little thing.

Oh well. Now we'll see them put their plan into action and hope that they somehow self-implode before they do too much damage.