"One of the things I'm proudest that we've done in this administration is we've told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can, but the United States is not buying weapons and sending them to Ukraine anymore," Vance said.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on April 14 that he is proud of Washington cutting off funding to Ukraine amid Russian aggression, listing it among the Trump administration’s top achievements.

Speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Athens, Georgia, Vance recalled being confronted by a Ukrainian-American over his calls to halt funding for Ukraine.

“And this person got really agitated at me because I was saying we should stop funding the Ukraine war,” Vance said.

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    And they would have been stronger if more people had voted for them.

    Look, of you want real change and a better democracy in the US, the only time that may actually happen is with the Dems.

    Sure, both parties are benefitting from the current system, but the GOP benefits far, far more.

    The only realistic way to bring about real change in the US political system is to get rid of FPTP and introduce proportional representation all over.

    The GOP will absolutely refuse to do that, without FPTP they loose tools like Jerrymandering and can’t manipulate the result as easily.

    An FPTP system will naturally move toward a two party equilibrium, this is what the Dems have coasted on.

    Both parties will loose influence with proportional representation, because as soon as it is implemented across the board, smaller parties like the Green party will actually have a chance of getting into congress and make their voters heard.

    You want to stop the US from supporting Israel?

    Then you need to play the long game, make the Dems strong, push for idealistic candidates who want real change, keep them in power, and keep pushing for the changes that are needed.

    Once proportional representation is implemented, you still need to keep the Dems strong for a while, to make sure that the new legislation is locked in people’s minds and prevent the GOP to immediately rip it out.

    After a few elections, then you can start focusing on smaller parties that pushes your actual agenda.

    As the saying goes, the best time for changes you want to see now, was 30 years ago, the second best time is now.

    Changes like this will take decades to implement and gain acceptance, that is the timeframe you are working with.