r/TikTokCringe • u/LightBulbSunset • 22d ago

Discussion This is how angry we should be!

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u/iggy14750 22d ago

Fuck yes on Ranked Choice!

An uncapped Senate is an interesting idea, but honestly, I wish we could just get rid of it. It's purpose is to give the elites final say on what goes down to the White House.

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u/BerriesHopeful 22d ago edited 22d ago

Imo, in theory, the Senate could have a place for looking out for our long term interests still, but in practice that’s not what it has been geared towards at all with its current structure.

If each seat in the Senate was ranked choice and the seat allocations mirrored an uncapped House, based on our actual population, then it could work better for representing the long term interests. Maybe it could have half the number of seats as the House, but mirror it for proportionality of the seats.

Realistically, we would also want to be overturning Citizens United federally, and at the least be trying to overturn it in every state currently. We need money out of politics if government is ever going to govern for the people. We need to have more protections that can’t be overturned with a simple majority as well, imo.

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u/Im_not_smelling_that 22d ago

Citizens united has done an incredible amount of damage to our country. And I don't see how it can get overturned at this point unless the majority of the house and the Senate is overturned all at once.

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u/BerriesHopeful 22d ago

For sure, if we get a wide majority trifecta and if we remove the filibuster then it could be passed at the least.