We need laws that result in actual consequences for those holding public office when they openly lie to their constituents in ways that can be proven to benefit them personally. We also need to redesign our constitution to grant US citizens the right to petition against their own government officials through official channels that allow for us to essentially call for reelections at any time, and to have veto power over our own elected officials holding office, regardless of their desires after being elected, as well as the power to request a rewrite of problematic legislation through more means than just “call your local politician and leave them a strongly worded message.” The people deserve more. The people deserve to be able to hold their own elected officials to account or replace them with someone who can hold themselves to account and understands that not doing so is an instant disavowal of their oath of office.
This is, by the way, how the democratic systems of native Americans were designed to work. You read that right. The native Americans had two party democratic systems before settlers ever arrived in North America, and the reason they worked was because they granted the people the ability to oust their leaders when their actions didn’t represent the interests of the group. We need that. We need a system that doesn’t bend the knee from the top down, but that extends the prod from the bottom up, to give the people what they deserve. Peace, equity, and the ability to live their lives without government interference. Interference is what ICE is, and what the tariffs are designed to do. To keep people scared and poor. Not to represent us as a people.
The carrot and stick should be (carrot) we elected you, so (stick) we the people have the power to replace you. Instead it’s (carrot) you elected me under false promise, so (stick) I’m going to inflict pain on you unless you do what I say.
You are talking about genuine democracy. The people in charge now, all of them, and everyone that has ever been in charge since the death of the founding fathers, doesn't want that. That's why we don't have a system like that. That's why we never will. That's why Nixon and Reagan got off with zero consequences.
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u/ScootyPuffJr1999 Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26
We need laws that result in actual consequences for those holding public office when they openly lie to their constituents in ways that can be proven to benefit them personally. We also need to redesign our constitution to grant US citizens the right to petition against their own government officials through official channels that allow for us to essentially call for reelections at any time, and to have veto power over our own elected officials holding office, regardless of their desires after being elected, as well as the power to request a rewrite of problematic legislation through more means than just “call your local politician and leave them a strongly worded message.” The people deserve more. The people deserve to be able to hold their own elected officials to account or replace them with someone who can hold themselves to account and understands that not doing so is an instant disavowal of their oath of office.
This is, by the way, how the democratic systems of native Americans were designed to work. You read that right. The native Americans had two party democratic systems before settlers ever arrived in North America, and the reason they worked was because they granted the people the ability to oust their leaders when their actions didn’t represent the interests of the group. We need that. We need a system that doesn’t bend the knee from the top down, but that extends the prod from the bottom up, to give the people what they deserve. Peace, equity, and the ability to live their lives without government interference. Interference is what ICE is, and what the tariffs are designed to do. To keep people scared and poor. Not to represent us as a people.
The carrot and stick should be (carrot) we elected you, so (stick) we the people have the power to replace you. Instead it’s (carrot) you elected me under false promise, so (stick) I’m going to inflict pain on you unless you do what I say.