Yeah, just one of those stupid games we have to play until we get with the times and implement a ranked choice voting system…

deleted by creator

Feel like I’m gonna be posting this a lot today. Pennsylvania uses a closed party primary voting system. If you’re a liberal voting in the primaries, it made the most sense to register Republican in Pennsylvania to vote for someone like Nikki Haley if you despise Trump. Don’t want to say this is what happened, just that we shouldn’t jump to false flag conspiracy conclusions right now.

I haven’t seen this mentioned yet, but you’re required to register a party affiliation before you can vote in the primaries. As a liberal, I’ve considered registering Republican in situations where the Democratic nominee has pretty much been decided and I want to give a boost to less polarizing Republican candidates. Pennsylvania is one such state that uses the closed party system (you need to be Republican to vote in Republican primaries). I’ve since moved to a state that allows “Independent party” members to choose the primary they wish to vote in.

Not saying this explains the shooter’s party affiliation, we still need to wait on all the details. Just something to keep in mind so we don’t jump to conclusions.

The difference between the US and other countries is that there’s more financial incentive to having political control in the US. Companies here have way too much freedom to exploit under the current system and a lot of money they can invest in keeping it that way. Whether that means bribing justices or building platforms for Ben Shapiros or making big donations to campaigns.

There’s a way out for the US I think. We need to get people in office whose goal is to remove the incentives. Take money out of politics (no more donations, lobbying). Laws should be decided based on merit and debate alone, and if it’s not near unanimous in the courts it should be a citizen vote.

I’m sure in America there would be a massive power struggle over which party would have majority control over the judicial review board. Agree with term limits though.

Guess that doesn’t make for “great literature”

Yeah, just think - we could not only protect more lives, we could be having doctors suit better purposes if we started treating guns like, y’know, abortion in Texas. A bit depressing.

Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast series on guns sheds some light on the phenomenon: despite the increase in guns and gun violence, doctors in the U.S. have become increasingly specialized in saving gunshot victims, which essentially turns a homicide into an assault (and police don’t categorize gun violence separately from assault). There’s also some progress being made to build more trauma centers closer to high risk areas of the U.S., which has been a big problem in more violent cities.

It honestly doesn’t matter what they choose to say because nobody will believe them anyway. And not that this will persuade voters in the near future, but maybe they should try writing contraception rights into the constitution. That would at least be a good start.

Therapist: you need to focus less on the things that are outside of your control, and come to accept the fact that there are some things you just can’t change.

Me: crying you mean some things just be what they be?