I don't mean to pile on in a thread ostensibly about the National Guard in LA. And I have biases. But I don't think voting resolves much of this in the long run. Everyone knew project 2025 was coming but there was no counter to it presented. Just please don't vote for Trump. But on actual plans or roadblocks set up. The SC has made him (and every future president) an untouchable king in all but name. Court rulings are being openly ignored. Nothing DOGE has done is slightly legal at all. Thousands of Federal workers are unemployed now and organizations in disarray. Soon to all be privatized. The first Trump term obliterated the very concept of truth and facts and nothing has been done to restore that.
But bigger than all that to me is if one group (and it's a group, he's too incompetent to do all this) does so much damage in such a short period of time, then how solid was the system in the first place? Things have been weakened for some time, and executive power was expanded during previous administrations and once expanded it never contracts. This is not me 'both sidesing' this is me saying the system is broken and has been for very long time.
Can it be repaired? Not sure. We've had corporate rule for a while, easily longer than when Trump was even considering running. And Occupy Wallstreet showed me a lot of what happens when you try to fight it. Not much good seems to happen. That said, I'm not saying give up, I'm not saying don't vote. But I personally think we need to push more ideas than we do various people in these parties. I'm not sure how it works other than we need candidates with actual action plans. Like real legislation that rolls back corporate involvement and power. Real legislation that actually helps the common person and blocks abuses of power. And even as I type that I wonder if that's ever allowed to happen without violence and lives lost. But just "resist" or just "don't nomalize this" isn't enough imo.
And if you have to hope somehow every 4 years everyone votes in the "right" person/group of people then again, that delicate system is bound to break.