Most people capable of murder do not care about their fellow humans; and those of us who could often lack means or have to protect others closer to home. They cannot just go away without harming others who need them.

Once you get past all those filters it’s a very tiny percentage of people who have motive, means and opportunity. Most of those get unlucky.

Yes and no? Both are large areas of land of scattered and mixed populations held together by political strangeness that is surprisingly robust.

Both seem easy to understand , however in closer inspection are misunderstood by most, even by their own citizens.

God bless

I’ve probably been voting longer than you been alive. I’m so glad you could resolve my confusion with such bland, marvelous words, which shows a dedicated understanding of this very complex topic.

I’m sure you looked at the 176,933 precincts in the USA that has over 100 voting systems, with numerous often contradictory practices, and mediums ranging from paper ballots to many other types including the very fancy touch screens. In fact I know you did. I will rest easy. Again, thank you for helping me

I think you do not understand what I mean, or what successful activism can do. Also, interestingly there is not one Tesla in my small town . And I cannot afford eggs. So, I guess I am all out of ideas.

The other commenter here made the salient point about fund raising.

Progressives organize grassroots better than moderates. Third parties do even more grassroots.

It’s beneficial to all should they start to get more exposure than liberals even if they loose elections; we, as a country, need new social grassroots to do anything real to get out of this mess here.

There is no political or violent solution right now. It’s only the new activism which will restore law

Ok, I know this is a very scary situation, very dangerous and will harm all… but maybe this could boost more progressives ( the actual left) vs centralists (liberals)?

Moderates have to use party funding as their majority source. They are business funded more so than the leftists.

Leftists are better using other methods which cannot be blocked as easily, and there is flexibility here. They are traditionally starved of funds by the party too, so often scrounge anyway and will feel less impact.

Also this could help promote third parties that are actually well intentioned and not used as spoilers to divide the vote in local politics

Now both will happen

The more I observe American politics the more I realize all three countries you mention have more in common than many want to acknowledge.

Especially the taboos about speaking of certain political truths. Americans are more Russian than most other countries

Will there will be a sane replacement, or a White House, later?

The technology revolution hit the USA harder than many places because not only did most of the population change careers, but were able to be scattered more . There were more bonds of neighborhood and family broken, than most other countries.

It certainly was an additional burden for many in the USA, and is probably the main reason the murder rate is higher than in the UK due the extra fractures of family and friendship structure over the decades

Where it gets difficult to estimate is when people die many years later from the effects.

Even hurricanes are only recently understood to be a huge cause of mortality over a decade later. So where does one draw the line? When support structures in a society are destroyed by nature or man things happen years later.

And then one had to decide how many a leader is directly responsible for, and how many subordinates acting on their own did.

Yes, kind of, if one follows these things enough

Then later tortured, after a year. His confessions used to arrest more. It’s almost predictable.

Sounds more like a self replicating malware somewhere, probably in some totally unrelated Wordpress plugin on unrelated sites scattered about

Nobody can prove it did not happen either.

Anyone can say anything about any of the systems, and it would take a panel of experts to explain why it may or may not be a valid criticism.

That is the problem with computer voting in the USA ; it’s inscrutable , the exact opposite of how a democracy should function.

Biden’s help killed more at this time, but Trump should catch up by late summer or early autumn this year. Then we can say Trump killed more than Biden.

But Trumps crimes elsewhere will eclipse this grim milestone , and I doubt most commentators here will remark on that when it happens

The people in Gaza survived a lot better than I predicted ; but I think the mortality from all causes is huge, under reported and still minimized.

Unless more democratic leaders actually try to build grassroots, stuff like this is not very helpful. Because few have any clue how to do that, structures to rely on, support, or plans.

Unless any democratic leader offers a plan to make the red and purple states follow international guidelines for voting. All of this is just hot air.

So, doubly damned. And that not even getting into issues that would be very important were this a normal democracy. These issues don’t count now, which is the only reason efforts like this are not triply damned.

I used to see many people socializing outside: adults and kids. Now, 4 decades later I only see kids under 12 hang outside. I noticed people from Europe coming here expressing surprise of streets empty of pedestrians.

At the same time, I witnessed less places and businesses where people can be together, less attendance at both bars, school sports and churches - and the decline of local politics, grassroots and community activism.

I can’t help but think all these are related to what you say here