•

Americans, if you put yourself in the shoes of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and their ilk at the founding of this country, what questions do you think they would have for the leaders of today?

60 comments

See all comments

derekabutton

•

"How do you control the masses when so many of them can vote?"

Infynis

•

Turns out, the Electoral College can actually do the opposite of what it was intended for!

SayJess

•

Or work as advertised on the box?

Godric

•

It was initially there to safeguard against populist demagogues with no sense of responsibility or decency who might destroy the country. Oops.

stoy

•

The usual stuff, propaganda and outright lies, but the most effective way is through echo chambers...

Just make people able to pick and choose with what communities they want to engage with and soon plenty of people will form self-radicalizing communities.

Rules: (interactive)

::: spoiler 1) Be nice and; have fun Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them :::

::: spoiler 2) All posts must end with a '?' This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ? :::

::: spoiler 3) No spam Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing. :::

::: spoiler 4) NSFW is okay, within reason Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW]. :::

::: spoiler 5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function. :::

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.