the last 4 years show that the system really doesn't work. if the voters had not been terrified into action, everything would be lost. the norms and rules did bupkiss, from ethics to a lot of election law. and journalism was an absolute disaster.
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1360686243365937153
it says to me that there is a fundamental weakness in that the strongest democratic electoral performances have had to follow absolutely disastrous gop governance - 2006, 2008, 2018, 2020. in "normal" circumstances the dems suck at pulling a win (02, 04, 16)
it is now proven in america that turning the presidency into a massive personal profit center is easy and theres zero penalty for it.
https://twitter.com/Nortsa524/status/1360687587057225729
if 45 ran half-way decent businesses, and not bug-infested ponzi schemes, he'd have added a billion to his net worth in the first year of the presidency. easy. and legally.
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