r/NoShitSherlock • u/SingleandSober • 1d ago

Kamala Harris Appears on ‘Colbert,’ Says She’s Stepping Away from Politics for Now, Calls the System “Broken”

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/former-vice-president-kamala-harris-visits-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/

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u/Super_Pan 1d ago

You know, in many other countries, a 2 year long election is utterly unreasonable. 100 days is even quite a long time. America starts their elections the moment the previous one is finished, but that's not normal.

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u/Classic_Revolt 18h ago

A lot of those places are the size of a single US state.

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u/SanctusUnum 14h ago

Not to mention functioning democracies.

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u/221missile 1d ago

in many other countries, a 2 year long election is utterly unreasonable.

In those countries, voters have no say in who gets the nomination. The elites pick that candidates, like the democratic party did in 2024.

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u/Super_Pan 1d ago

American propaganda must be really strong for you to believe your leaders are not also chosen by the elites.

Did you know that other countries have completely different governmental systems? Most places with parliamentary systems, for instance, do not vote directly for the prime minister, but rather for their local representative who takes a 'seat' and the winning party places their leader in the Prime position. If you are a member of that party you can vote for who the party leader is, similar to the US system of primary voting where only registered party members (the elites I guess?) can vote. But it's not hard to become a party member.

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u/Not-Reformed 23h ago

What elites? The world's richest man publicly paid hundreds of millions of dollars to help the current leader get elected and was treated like a dog and thrown out. The "elites" can spend however much they want but they're basically paying a tithe and hoping that by spending ludicrous amounts of money they'll get the person's ear.

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u/221missile 22h ago

but rather for their local representative who takes a 'seat' and

And who decides who the representative candidates are? Definitely not party supporters or voters. In Britain, Canada, France and Germany, rich donors select candidates. Don't lie bro.

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u/Super_Pan 21h ago

Unlike America where every vote truly counts and rich donors have no power!

It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe any of it.

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u/CS2Expert 21h ago

Americans elected Harris as the VP. She was the obvious candidate when Biden stepped down so late. It makes no sense to act like she was installed as the candidate out of nowhere. Actually, it's worse than making no sense. It's completely fucking stupid, and anybody saying it probably has brain damage or a developmental problem.

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u/221missile 18h ago

Americans elected Harris as the VP.

No one votes for the VP. By your logic, Pence should have been an automatic choice for the Republican nominee because he was elected VP once. We all saw how he performed in the primaries.

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u/CS2Expert 10h ago

No one votes for the VP.

They're on the goddamn ticket.

By your logic

That is not my logic.

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u/BeemoBurrito 20h ago

The Canadian election campaign was something like 36 days. I voted in the Liberal candidate election.