[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 hour ago

Democrats could easily run on opposition to Project 2025, which they have done. Project 2025 is policy.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 hours ago

Or maybe they are trying to appeal to voters but a lot of voters support Trump?

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 hours ago

That might have been the case in 2016. I think that changed after the election of 2020.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 hours ago

The only alternative to an elected legislature (parliaments are different from congresses) is either direct democracy or one party rule.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 hours ago

The best analysis I have to Dave Ramsey's advice to debt is like talking to an alcoholic about alcohol. If you have known issues dealing with debt, especially credit card debt, his advice will probably prevent some serious harm. However, for someone starting to deal with finances, it may not be the best advice.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 8 hours ago

There is much less of a familial obligation for help between adult children and their parents than in other countries. There is something of an expectation, but it is either tied to economic duress or disability.

For instance, it is common for adult children to pay rent to their parents if they continue to live at home. Sometimes parents will give that money back to their kids when they move out, but it isn't common practice

On the flip side, while Social Security and Medicare are meager compared to other countries, it is common for that to be enough justification that parents don't need full financial support until they are in a home. Even then, it is expected that the parents use up their savings before relying financially on their kids. That kids send money to their parents just because is not typical here.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 8 hours ago

I find it easier to respond to long emails because I can have all the documentation for the old email up and the text for the new email. Phones don't typically have the screen real estate to do that.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -1 points 1 day ago

But that requires the public voting. In Mexico, it also requires planning out judicial succession as the executive branch has term limits and I expect this would get propagated to the judiciary.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -1 points 2 days ago

The problem is that there is value in legal systems producing consistent results, especially when it comes to the kind of law both sides can spend millions on. Without consistency, the legal system backs up more than now as rulings are so wildly different that it makes sense to play the lottery with the courts. That causes cases to sit even longer and defense costs to raise higher for smaller participants.

And if the system doesn't perform well for those less advantaged, courts aren't the best place to defend making this systematic change. At best, it acts as a relief valve to pushing actionable political change.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -1 points 2 days ago

You can get an incompetent evangelical ghoul voted into office. How do you think most county magistrates get voted in?

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 17 points 2 days ago

Pennsylvania is a swing state and likes fracking politically. As Republicans support fracking, this could be the one issue that convinces some Pennsylvania voters to vote Republican over Democrat.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 0 points 2 days ago

Several states have elected Supreme Court Justices. Across the states, it has been seen that rulings are generally more inconsistent.

That said, Mexico has civil law instead of common law where legal precedent carries a lot less value.

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People here like to say "I don't use social media; I use forums" like there is a difference between the two. There isn't.

Forums are places where people post and comment on user generated content, other comments themselves.

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