A reasonable small group of so called 'people' are making life terrible for soo soo many
We really need a better system, voting can do only so much and look where it got us. again
Remember, we are with a lot more
Don't fight each other, fight the few who try to make things worse for their gain
Don't get me wrong, voting is one of the few things we can do but we need more guard rails somehow
It's crazy that a mad man like Hitler or Trump can be voted into office and dismantle everything from within
That's not how it should work!
Personally I despise "alone rulers" with stupid titles like kings, presidents, or dictators
We need people to keep people in check, we have proven that over and over again
Fuck the alone ruler
@stux He is not alone and that's part of the problem. The Republican party was already going extremist, but during his first rise to power over America he drove them into a loyalist fury and some of those who didn't comply were driven out. That wasn't enough on its own. And that's where things get scary. Project 2025 and other nazis used the gaps in the party to gain power.
Trump couldn't do *any* of this alone. The loyalists in power are enabling and enacting the law breaking policies.
@stux I'd say the biggest culprits of all though are the loyalist judges he installed. The party of course helped him do that and if they hadn't been in majority power during his first term of rule he possibly would have failed to install many of them.
It was actually one of those loyalist judges who intentionally allowed every possible delay to keep Trump out of prison for his treasonous attempted coup against the government on that January 6th. Had that not happened he would have fallen.
@trebach @stux Unfortunately, as a general rule most Democrats will never ever let go of "the old ways" even in the fight against a fascist dictatorship on the other side.
If the red states are allowed to gerrymander in such completely openly illegal ways to the extent that the far-right loyalists are trying to do, then I'm pretty sure that's it for the vote.
(Democrats as a whole just have a total refusal to accept that these are special times and they must let go of tradition/the high road.)
@nazokiyoubinbou @stux There's a special election in Virginia to temporarily suspend (until October 2030) the non-partisan commission for drawing up House seats added to the state constitution in 2020. A map has already been created that would cause the seats to be (by projection) 10 Democrat and 1 Republican.
Changing the state constitution is EXTREMELY difficult. A bill has to pass the General Assembly, there has to be an election (happens once every 2 years), the identical bill has to be passed again in the General Assembly, and then the voters have to pass it in order for the amendment to be added.
@trebach @stux Oh to be clear I'm not saying no Democrats anywhere are doing anything, just that the majority refuse to take any of this seriously and are acting like these are normal times that can be handled in normal ways.
I will be honest, I'm not really a big fan of using their methods to fight the right though. Especially since like 3/4th of the Democrats are actually just Republicans who haven't actually sworn loyalty to Trump yet.
But I won't pretend that I have all the answers either
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