• Soggy@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    And annoyingly he is (along with the other Roosevelt) still among our best presidents in history. We really shoupd demand more from our representatives.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      We get what we deserve unfortunately. If we had 100% turnout and more of us considered running for office ourselves, we would see huge improvements.

      I’ve thought about doing local politics in retirement, and maybe see where it goes. I don’t think it’s my primary calling – but then again, perhaps that’s the exact issue I’m pointing out.

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        5 months ago

        Most of the country didn’t even have voting rights when FDR was elected.

        And today we still see tons of voter suppression as well as outright cheating from the right and dismissal of the will of the people, by institutions like the DNC.