[JonPreston]

Under communism you lose the ability to be able to decide on your representation in government

With incumbents winning re-election app. 97% of the time, please explain how our system is better.

[adorno]

With incumbents winning re-election app. 97% of the time, please explain how our system is better.

Yet, it's mostly the people making those decisions, even if we don't like the outcomes. Decisions where the people have chosen is not communism, and it's not tyrannical. We conservatives have had people in congress for long periods of time, and under communism, no conservative would have that kind of power. As it is, we have close to a 50/50 congress. That's not communism or despotic.