And Lefties are known for saying anyone who thinks you should be able to contract someone to do a job for you for an agreed upon payment is a fascist.

i’m not neutral though, antiyanks, I don’t like what Israel is doing and have said that for years lol

That sounds promising, but you still need someone to implement it. And once they’re in power, we’re not sure whether that person will hold their power or if they’ll be happy to give up on it.

@Reverendender This is what happens when you only provide two options on the ballot - the left and the right (not to mention the president is also the executive). In much of the rest of the democratic world, systems allow for the existence of multiple political parties, so that people have where to choose from. Usually, no single party holds the majority, so forces have to form coalitions in order to form a government. This has the effect of a better representation, as extremist views are usually held only by a small minority of a population (see for example the coalition in the EU Parliament, which is leaving the far-right political families on the side).

There is a flip-side to it, indeed, where a situation like the one in France can occur - where the parliament is almost evenly split between the political groups - i.e. the center, the left and the far right. This could lead to political crises, as it makes coalition negotiations harder, but I think it is still a better outcome than having the far-right get in full control of the government.

The US political system was thought out in a way to keep extremist forces away from the mainstream, which was a good intention, but the architects of this system didn’t think about the possibility of at least one of these political forces (i.e. the right in this case) to slide into authoritarianism and extremism.

I saw some opinions on the internet about the fact that there are still some Republicans who do not agree with the MAGA movement, but they’re pretty much unable to do anything - MAGA has closed the ranks in the entire GOP leadership and at this point it is pretty much impossible to overthrow it.

We are one of the country that recognizes Palestine though. And our communist dictator maintained good relations with both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. They could have easily said that we’re no longer recognizing Palestine and be done with it.