Sherman should have destroyed everything south of D.C. Then, every Confederate politician, military commander and plantation owner should have been hanged.
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100% this.
the mistake was giving EC powers to the rural areas for elections, because they thought it was "margializing them"
There's still time...
likely the "assasination plot" was a distraction from this , so the news wont cover this and people arnt pay attention to this.
What we need is end the single member only district system, un-cap the house, and where district boundries are used require that they mathematically the fewest counties and municipality as possible.
I would also argue independent commissions of technical experts who only use data saying how many people are in a given area and nothing else.
The Conservatives want to interpret the protected class policy as "we the government must be demographic blind." Alright here is a way to get fully blind. Don't come crying if the result is multi member districts that have representives proportional to the population
We've had impartial computerized methods of creating fair districts for decades. It doesn't benefit those in power, who are the ones who would have to approve it.
A group should be formed, independent of state or federal, to form districts every few years based on population movement. If a party is disadvantaged by the makeup within that district, then they'll just have to work harder to try and sell themselves as a better choice. The role of a representative is a representation of that area, and should reflect their needs. Not some bigger party goal that needs the numbers.
Personally I more think we need to dismantle the party system we have. Political Parties should form and dissolve fluidly and be more akin to social clubs not actual bodies to dictate policy
The supreme court is an illegitimate institution that regularly declares itself arbiter of things it has no business in. It has effectively become first among "equals" in a government of increasingly questionable legitimacy. Doesn't matter whether they do something "good" or "bad" we shouldn't view them as having any legitimate authority in the first place -- Certainly not in elections.
Today they have a voice in gerrymandering. Tomorrow? Will they declare lottery elections illegitimate? More Money is speech nonsense? Can't Tax political donations? Can't tax political advertising? There are ways to make the government legitimate and give it consent of the governed -- but we cannot allow corrupt oligarchs to tell us what is and isn't legitimate.
Tired of the endless "who can be the biggest piece of shit" competition we seem to have going on here. You all win okay?
And just like that, there goes the midterm.
Give in to 100 years of Republican rule.
Then it's our turn to insurrection
Are we great again yet? Can it stop?
sigh. what more can i say.