Today, the United States has a House filled with gerrymandered districts, a Senate dramatically tilted toward rural states, some state legislatures controlled by electoral minorities or slim majorities who get to exercise power as if they were overwhelming, and a Supreme Court with three justices appointed by a president who lost the popular vote. Is it any wonder that Trump thinks he can defy the results of the election and cling to power despite losing an election? Or that his party does not stand up for the will of voters?
Fuck the republican party.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...inept-and-deadly-serious-coup-attempt/617309/
That's a devastating quote. I also like the one later - "The Senate is so lopsided right now that 26 states containing just 17 percent of the U.S. population elect a majority of senators—the smallest that proportion has ever been." Again, 17% of the US population gets to elect 52 Senators. All those folks who keep defending our current system should take a long, hard look at that stat and really think about its implications for the future. It's one thing to say that rural and less-populated areas should have a voice in our political system, and quite another to say that they should dominate and control that system, especially given that they are a clear minority.
According to some <cough>pops<cough> it is.
That's a devastating quote. I also like the one later - "The Senate is so lopsided right now that 26 states containing just 17 percent of the U.S. population elect a majority of senators—the smallest that proportion has ever been." Again, 17% of the US population gets to elect 52 Senators. All those folks who keep defending our current system should take a long, hard look at that stat and really think about its implications for the future. It's one thing to say that rural and less-populated areas should have a voice in our political system, and quite another to say that they should dominate and control that system, especially given that they are a clear minority.
the guy who raised a free loading son
Right.
Looks like that “free loading son” turned out pretty well.
I think it says more about the losers who can't organize and incentivize some liberal companies to move their headquarters to south dakota
It’s the obvious solution. If I had fuck you money, I’d attack Republican gerrymandering head on and just put liberals in right leaning districts to screw up the lean.
Given the spreads in this most recent election, At this point it's really just about some New York and California Companies moving to Florida, Atlanta, and North Carolina , Philadelphia and Vegas. Much of that is already happening with Wall Street relocating to Florida. Not sure that helps, though.
South Dakota and Wyoming would just be for good measure.