Queen Antifa 🌹:debian_logo:​:linux: on Nostr: Meanwhile, in America, there are elections. There is a Congress. You have the right ...

Meanwhile, in America, there are elections. There is a Congress. You have the right to free speech in the constitution.

But in reality, large amounts of people can't vote, particularly the disabled, the elderly, and ethnic minorities. The Congress is filled with people who have ties to business oligarchs, and so the desires of ordinary people often go unheard. The election system makes it virtually impossible for anyone other than a Democrat or a Republican to win, granting them a virtual political monopoly. It is prohibitively expensive for ordinary people to run for office. There were multiple McCarthyist purges throughout US history, and state violence against Black Americans is widespread. We incarcerate large numbers of people, a disproportionate amount of them being lower income or Black.

Just think about it.