The US public consistently expresses majority support for policies like Medicare for All, higher taxes on the rich, free university education, debt erasure, rent control, legal abortion, and statehood for DC.

The US lacks these because the US political system does not exist to implement the public’s preferences.

@HeavenlyPossum

This is where you need a 3rd political party to put these issues in their manifesto.

@zleap

If the American political system worked like that, why would a third party not have already adopted and won on this platform?

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@HeavenlyPossum

Fair point, I am from the UK we seem to have a good few parties here.

@zleap @HeavenlyPossum oh yeah. in spite of whatever flaws you cats might have, at least you don't an electoral college or a senate. we, in the us, have a completely backwards legislative system.

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