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Michael Tae Sweeney@mtsw.bsky.social |
a lot of scoffing at warnings re: "end democracy" that seem to overlook the fact that democracy is already effectively ended in a bunch of US states. NC is a 50/50 state but Dems need an unlikely string of consecutive victories in the state supreme court to even have the chance to elect a government
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Jared 🔶
@quantumjared.bsky.social
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I’ll never get over the fact that in the US, courts and judges are partisan.
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javi 🏳️⚧️
@javis.bsky.social
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never existed
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Chris C
@captaincell.bsky.social
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Yeah, as a left-wing person who has lived my entire adult life in deep-red states (including Alabama currently), my general feeling on "democracy" is "Well, it sounds like a lovely idea, wish I could get some of that." Voting, calling your reps, all completely pointless exercises for me.
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iron mike leach
@snakeroot.bsky.social
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14th Amendment says that NC should lose House reps over it, but we live in hell so that's not happening
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Alex Bowles
@alexqgb.bsky.social
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I just spent (wasted?) the better part of an evening arguing with these people and holeee fuck are they uninterested in facts. It's 100% vibes based, and if you stick to your guns they'll just strawman you into oblivion.
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peppermintjack
@peppermintjack.bsky.social
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flyover states that had solidly blue legislatures as recently as the George W. Bush era shifted red in response to Obama & the Republicans who swept in used the 2010 & 2020 redistricting to gerrymander themselves into permanent majorities meanwhile, dems in NY are giving away House seats to the GOP
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Scott
@thealfordplea.bsky.social
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So is it your argument that democracy is dead in Washington state? How about Massachusetts? Or is it only dead if Democrats don’t have substantial numbers of elected politicians?
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Natural Hierarchies Unenjoyer
@flintironstag.bsky.social
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The Texan Republican gerrymander is fuckin air tight too, even if it's not the same because it's not such an even split.
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r
@recombobulating.bsky.social
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The scoffing is precisely because people recognise the problem already exists?
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On-Line Guy
@meetzow.bsky.social
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Even worse, the Dems held enough seats to maintain the Dem governor's veto til one of their members got mad at being criticized and switched parties, turning a rare deep-blue seat into another Republican gain so they could just override anything.
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K. P. Bara
@shelloflight.bsky.social
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I got into it with my mom the other day about this -- "surely they don't really want that/will change course when they see how it actually turns out." Huge swaths of the country have lived it for a decade or more! This is not hypothetical!
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Democrackpot
@fitcheck.bsky.social
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American public policy is not, I have issue perceiving otherwise, dictated by pressure from citizens in any way that matters.
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Rhonda
@rjdeal.bsky.social
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Democracy has been dead and buried in Tennessee for a while now. I’m not sure we can ever get it back.
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YourPalPest
@presidentpesticide.bsky.social
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They need to stop sucking aipac funded dick and focus on the genocide That's like the biggest issue for them right now and they're completely ignoring it
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CRTVHead
@crtvheadvt.bsky.social
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It’s fun that in my state there’s a 50/50 split in voters but an unfixable republican supermajority. Almost like my vote doesn’t matter hahahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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Zeroisanumber
@zeroisanumber.bsky.social
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Huh. Maybe people should consider creating paralell institutions if they can't get representation? Or just, y'know, push 'em out.
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Two Sets of Testicles, So Divine
@plankysmith.bsky.social
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Yep. It sucks. Citizens United is one of the worst rulings in history.
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Eric Dunn
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Lots of people think as long as they can vote, it’s democracy—even if it’s a vote that doesn’t matter.
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SanMarcos 🍉🍒🚤🏭 Meme thief
@sanmarcos.bsky.social
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Alabama is a single-party state and there is no democracy. The only rights the people receive are those provided by the federal government. The main freedom Alabamians have is the right to leave if they don't like things. They're reminded often of that.
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ADK
@andrewdk.bsky.social
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We got Wisconsin back Not the federal maps yet though 😒
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maraleia
@maraleia.bsky.social
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That lunatic GOP Gov nominee will drive Dem voters to the polls in NC.
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