AI is hee o stay but we can put limits on how it is used. Require that all energy used by a data center be green energy and that data centers be located on rivers that flood. We also need to require the blue states to adopt the all the voter protection of voting rights and access that are in the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the voting access reforms in the Pelosi Voting Rights Act. Democrats in the blue states and red states that allow citizens to put issues on the ballot need to combine the local elections with the even year midterm elections . This will boost voter turnout, save taxpayers millions, and result in more women and more minorities being elected to local offices. Thisreform would also help break the GOP dominance of local government and help prevent extremists from getting control of school boards.
When I read this, all I can think is - who cares what the Democrats could do? We all know they won’t! Even if they say they will, as soon as they get elected they act like they can’t deliver. Meanwhile whenever republicans get elected they manage to bulldoze over the dems. In my state we have a supermajority of Dems and Democratic governor, and the Republicans still manage to consistently block any meaningful legislation.
I would love to see more voices included here from other political parties rather than just the tired lip service from Republicans and Democrats. The Forward Party is the 3rd largest political party in our country, and yet I have NEVER heard about them on mainstream news. I think if more Americans were aware that other parties exist they would gladly vote for them. It would be amazing for independent reporters to include them since we know that the mainstream media actively shuts those voices out. When I hear about existential issues such as AI, I want to know what the Forward Party’s stance is, I want to hear opinions from the Working Families Party, the Democratic Socialists, the Green Party, even the Libertarians and Independents. Whatever the Dems and Repubs have to say is not even interesting, they are just going to say whatever they think their “side” wants to hear, and then do whatever their wealthy donors tell them to.
I totally agree...Dems could score big with a strong stance on AI. With regards to the unpopularity of Democrats: I think that has much to do with the fecklessness of the leadership - Schumer and Jeffries. Their unwillingness to oppose the criminality of the the Trump regime with little other than mildly remonstrative comments, and their reluctance to put forth bold solutions to the massive problems facing the American people is not exactly a formula for engendering admiration or allegiance. There are a good number of Democrats who DO vigorously oppose the policies and behavior of the regime and who DO have powerful ideas for creating a more equal and just society. Unfortunately, they are not the face of the party...Schumer and Jeffries are. The poll you referenced concerning which party does better on the metrics listed is demonstrative of two things: Democratic are horrible at messaging and; the American public is woefully uninformed. On the border security and immigration issues, both Obama and Biden deported (assuming that is the standard of approval) as many (Biden) or more (Obama) undocumented people as Trump, but without terrorizing our communities and murdering people in the streets. With regards to crime, other than the murder rate (which is higher in red states than blue states), crime rates are generally a municipal issue and there is no significant statistical relationship between the political affiliation of the municipal leadership and the crime rate. Finally, the public has been gaslighted for the last century that Republican administrations are better for the economy than Democratic ones. In the modern era, the US economy has performed significantly better under Democratic presidents than it has under Republican presidents. It is mythology that Republicans are as competent managing the economy as Democrats are, just as it is mythology that Republicans are better at dealing with border security, immigration and crime. Could Democrats do better? Could they implement real solutions to the problems of healthcare affordability, economic inequality, immigration, crime, environmental issues...AI? Of course, but even with the weakness and inaction of the current leadership, they pretty much outperform Republicans on almost every metric already - they just suck at communicating that to the public.
AI is hee o stay but we can put limits on how it is used. Require that all energy used by a data center be green energy and that data centers be located on rivers that flood. We also need to require the blue states to adopt the all the voter protection of voting rights and access that are in the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the voting access reforms in the Pelosi Voting Rights Act. Democrats in the blue states and red states that allow citizens to put issues on the ballot need to combine the local elections with the even year midterm elections . This will boost voter turnout, save taxpayers millions, and result in more women and more minorities being elected to local offices. Thisreform would also help break the GOP dominance of local government and help prevent extremists from getting control of school boards.
When I read this, all I can think is - who cares what the Democrats could do? We all know they won’t! Even if they say they will, as soon as they get elected they act like they can’t deliver. Meanwhile whenever republicans get elected they manage to bulldoze over the dems. In my state we have a supermajority of Dems and Democratic governor, and the Republicans still manage to consistently block any meaningful legislation.
I would love to see more voices included here from other political parties rather than just the tired lip service from Republicans and Democrats. The Forward Party is the 3rd largest political party in our country, and yet I have NEVER heard about them on mainstream news. I think if more Americans were aware that other parties exist they would gladly vote for them. It would be amazing for independent reporters to include them since we know that the mainstream media actively shuts those voices out. When I hear about existential issues such as AI, I want to know what the Forward Party’s stance is, I want to hear opinions from the Working Families Party, the Democratic Socialists, the Green Party, even the Libertarians and Independents. Whatever the Dems and Repubs have to say is not even interesting, they are just going to say whatever they think their “side” wants to hear, and then do whatever their wealthy donors tell them to.
I totally agree...Dems could score big with a strong stance on AI. With regards to the unpopularity of Democrats: I think that has much to do with the fecklessness of the leadership - Schumer and Jeffries. Their unwillingness to oppose the criminality of the the Trump regime with little other than mildly remonstrative comments, and their reluctance to put forth bold solutions to the massive problems facing the American people is not exactly a formula for engendering admiration or allegiance. There are a good number of Democrats who DO vigorously oppose the policies and behavior of the regime and who DO have powerful ideas for creating a more equal and just society. Unfortunately, they are not the face of the party...Schumer and Jeffries are. The poll you referenced concerning which party does better on the metrics listed is demonstrative of two things: Democratic are horrible at messaging and; the American public is woefully uninformed. On the border security and immigration issues, both Obama and Biden deported (assuming that is the standard of approval) as many (Biden) or more (Obama) undocumented people as Trump, but without terrorizing our communities and murdering people in the streets. With regards to crime, other than the murder rate (which is higher in red states than blue states), crime rates are generally a municipal issue and there is no significant statistical relationship between the political affiliation of the municipal leadership and the crime rate. Finally, the public has been gaslighted for the last century that Republican administrations are better for the economy than Democratic ones. In the modern era, the US economy has performed significantly better under Democratic presidents than it has under Republican presidents. It is mythology that Republicans are as competent managing the economy as Democrats are, just as it is mythology that Republicans are better at dealing with border security, immigration and crime. Could Democrats do better? Could they implement real solutions to the problems of healthcare affordability, economic inequality, immigration, crime, environmental issues...AI? Of course, but even with the weakness and inaction of the current leadership, they pretty much outperform Republicans on almost every metric already - they just suck at communicating that to the public.