When white supremacy starts losing elections, white supremacists game the system to hold power anyway.

This is why the United States lacks democratic legitimacy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/27/georgia-augusta-judicial-circuit-split-republicans

A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district

After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit

The Guardian

White supremacists cheating because they lost is common, it turns out.

https://www.insider.com/black-man-elected-mayor-in-alabama-ousted-white-officials-lawsuit-2023-7

Black man elected mayor in Alabama ousted by white officials: lawsuit

Patrick Braxton, who won an Alabama town's mayoral election, is suing white officials who he says held a special election to get him out.

Insider

What’s happening to Houston schools is because white supremacists lost. So, more cheating.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/15/texas-education-houston-isd-takeover/

Texas Education Agency will take control of Houston ISD in June

The announcement comes almost four years after the agency first moved to take over the district.

The Texas Tribune

Women no longer have the right to control their own bodies in the United States. This, too, is because white supremacists lost, and predictably cheated.

https://www.newsweek.com/mcconnell-says-biggest-decision-leader-was-blocking-merrick-garland-1711872

McConnell Says 'Biggest Decision' as Leader Was Blocking Merrick Garland

Longtime Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says something he didn't do has had the biggest impact on the country.

Newsweek

January 6th? White supremacists lost. So more cheating, though unsuccessful.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack

@alexwild

This kind of gaming in a complex system is why few dynasties/empires can survive past the 300 yr mark. Those at the top of the system have full control and discontent in the bottom brews.

A look at Chinese history shows that very few survive past the 300 yr mark for exactly these types of reasons.

The US has already done well with 250 or so. It's a matter of when the collapse happens now. The more of this kind of stuff they pull, the faster they will drive discontent to the level of upheaval.

@alexwild looks like a damning article but the guardian crashed my browser 😬
@alexwild Sounds like they just withdraw from places where they've lost power and create their own...
@alexwild And this stuff is what 18 USC 242 was made for. These white people can all be prosecuted by the Feds...

@alexwild The United States has a roughly 2/3 eligible voting rate. This is what happens when a massive chunk of the electorate ignores their civil responsibility for whatever stupid justification: other people decide for you, usually in ways that only benefit them. If you don’t like what’s happening politically but you’re too lazy to vote, you have no right to complain.

The people get exactly the government they deserve.

@Dogzilla I wouldn't discount intentional voter suppression.

Although in a few of the cases @alexwild it's not that no one votes, but that the votes are being blatantly ignored.

@alexwild
It's not just about racism. Authoritarian culture.