Why would you want a constitutional convention? Ratification of a constitutional amendment requires acceptance by 75% of state legislatures. 60% of state legislatures are controlled by Republicans, which as I’m sure you know is the party causing the vast majority of the problems you are referring to. Nothing good would come from that unless you are the type who wants to enshrine anti-DEI bullshit in the constitution.

Clearly they are as long as they’re also rich.

If evil men are making a list of enemies you should hope to make it to the top

Except that 50% of those polled do support them, which is higher than the percentage who don’t according to this same poll.

You have to be stupid to be afraid of the things they say you should be afraid of.

I keep seeing this idea float around that there is some perfect organizational method to government that will prevent corruption. I don’t think that’s possible. All forms of government rely on the people involved acting in good faith. At the end of the day there are only two things that keep any governmental system functioning as intended:

1. the internal moral judgment of government officials (for those that have morals)
2. fear of consequences (for those that have no morals)

Clearly the US is currently dealing with those who have no morals, which means the primary problem is that they do not fear consequences. It is incumbent on the citizens to ensure #2 is in place, in the absence of #1. The US is failing miserably in that respect.

I’m not an expert but I have a decent set up going. If you think it would be helpful shoot me a DM and I’ll find a way to show you what I’ve got set up and give any tips I can. It sounds like I started in a similar position to you and I’d be happy to share what I’ve learned so far.

Edit: anyone else reading this is welcome to do the same.

I’ve watched it twice and didn’t hear him say anything. When was this?

If they do they sure have a funny way of expressing their desire.

Why are you phrasing this as if it hasn’t already come out that he’s a child rapist? It seems to me that we’ve known that for years

I am a night owl that stays up past midnight almost every night and I eat dinner at 5:30 on a regular basis.

Does that make a stoner a baked potato?

I’ll see myself out.

Europe doesn’t have the stones to ask Trump politely to stop, much less anything else on that list of fantasies.

I tend to think that any conclusion that could be reasonably summarized as “I (or a group I belong to) am smart and everyone else is stupid” is not an opinion rooted in objectivity and is therefore very likely to be heavily biased.

Yeah paid software babies users, often to the point of being annoying. FOSS assumes you can troubleshoot complex issues effectively. There’s a happy medium somewhere in there but like you said, it’s tough to get there with a limited volunteer dev team.

In my experience most of them are pretty easy to set up with basic computer skills and a look at the documentation. There are two big problems with that though.

1. Basic computer skills aren’t as common as you would think.

2. FOSS documentation isn’t written for people without those skills.

That leads to a lot of issues that aren’t terribly complicated to solve but would be showstoppers for regular users. I would not consider myself a high level user but I’ve managed to get quite a few applications up and running with nothing but time and a willingness to be frustrated. The few people I’ve gone into details with about those applications had no clue what I was talking about. Mostly because they would never tolerate the frustration required to get past the initial setup and have therefore never learned how to do any of it.

lmao that will clearly never happen

The legislative branch ceding power to the executive branch is already unconstitutional. The biggest problem with Trump is not that the terrible things he does are legal, it’s that no one is willing to enforce the law and stop him. Without a way to enforce them the words written on dusty pieces of paper are completely irrelevant.

Not the bezos brand of business

If you’re expecting the American people to see nuanced healthcare policy behind this then I’m not sure what to tell you. You should know by now that we don’t do that.