Fun facts!

85% of people arrested with fentanyl at the border as U.S. citizens.

The vast majority of people arrested here for trafficking children are U.S. citizens (and children are over 3x more likely to be trafficked by an acquaintance or relative than they are a random kidnapper).

“Illegal aliens” commit less crime than natural born U.S. citizens.

Violent immigrants, perverted trans people, and incompetent DEI hires are all moral panics. You hear so much about them because the Republican party has nothing to offer that will make your life safer or easier.

I like the idea! I feel like there are a ton of policies that have been really popular for a long time (legal weed, single payer healthcare, abortion protections) that elected officials have failed to sufficiently act on. I’m also pissed about politicians getting elected and suddenly changing their politics (looking at you, Fetterman). Don’t get me started on the electoral college or gerrymandering.

Folks in this thread seem to complain that the average voters is too disengaged / ignorant for this to work, but I don’t see how representative democracy is any better with that. I cannot imagine any form of democracy that can do better than garbage in, garbage out.