Well, that’s not consistent with my experience, but maybe you’re experiencing something different.

How? Honestly, this country is so rigged from every direction I struggle to see a path to a more perfect union. I’m not fond of violence, but we clearly can’t sit about and do nothing, so what tactics will be effective? Protests are somewhere between useless and martyrdom suicide. Voting in general elections is countered by gerrymandering. Voting in primaries is countered by mass propaganda and underfunded education. I can’t even get my local reps to tax political donations and political advertising.

I can list dozens of policies that’d improve the county, state, and country but I don’t know how to get them implemented when half my countrymen favor authoritarianism of one flavor or another.

It has problems, and it’s an incomplete solution on its own, but I assure you it’s better than electing a lawless King every four years.

Not really, only the top of STEM even has the opportunity to move. The universities of other nations simply don’t have the capacity to absorb the vast majority of American scientists. Building out that capacity would take a lot of time, and they’d end up with a lot of their own nationals in the field. America has only stolen so much international talent due to its failing primary education system paired with well funded university system.

I’m up for just having congress appoint secretaries of whatever that report back to whichever committees are interested.

I’m so tired of “elites” ruling society. Neolibs in particular have a horrible habit of preserving corrupt power systems and undermining people rights. For example, the democratic establishment is actively trying to expand the surveillance state, while we’re at risk of a permanent authoritarian take over. Like, Wtf?

Honestly, I’m hoping some state creates a random-citizen option ballot. It’d be hilarious to get some random guy in congress who just rants about the rampant corruption. Plus, that type of systemic reform merges congress with a “people’s assembly” which are supposedly super resistant to corruption.

DNC 2032: Why can’t we win elections?