It’s a hard problem to change or adjust the system, when so many of the elected people rely on the system as it is to get reelected. Nobody wants to make elections fairer if it means they might lose. Nobody wants to put term limits or age limits in place if it means they will get pushed out.
Long time ago the power balance was rigged. Why is it a North and South Carolina, a North and South Dakota, a Virginia and West Virginia, but no South, Central, and North California? Or why don’t D.C. or Puerto Rico have representation in Congress? Power.
I understand the north south part of similar states due to the mason Dixon divide, but growing up in Minnesota I have never figured out the historic or cultural difference between North and South Dakota.
In short: Democrats need to find a fucking spine somewhere.
I'd also argue that the cultural stranglehold Christianity has is a large part of this dynamic too. The black church might lean democratic, but the overwhelming majority of Christianity is tacitly fascist at best and overtly genocidal at worst.
Democrats are still so desperate to prove they TOTALLY ARE CHRISTIAN TOO YOU GUYS that they concede ground and run away from topics they should be defending (like trans rights) because arguing against white supremacy even in the weak way they (as a party) occasionally manage to do is already wildly heretical.
I want to know who it is that rings my hands. :-)
It’s a hard problem to change or adjust the system, when so many of the elected people rely on the system as it is to get reelected. Nobody wants to make elections fairer if it means they might lose. Nobody wants to put term limits or age limits in place if it means they will get pushed out.
Long time ago the power balance was rigged. Why is it a North and South Carolina, a North and South Dakota, a Virginia and West Virginia, but no South, Central, and North California? Or why don’t D.C. or Puerto Rico have representation in Congress? Power.
I understand the north south part of similar states due to the mason Dixon divide, but growing up in Minnesota I have never figured out the historic or cultural difference between North and South Dakota.
I would value any thoughts.
fwiw: https://time.com/4377423/dakota-north-south-history-two/
Fellow Minnesotan here: I got nothin'.
In short: Democrats need to find a fucking spine somewhere.
I'd also argue that the cultural stranglehold Christianity has is a large part of this dynamic too. The black church might lean democratic, but the overwhelming majority of Christianity is tacitly fascist at best and overtly genocidal at worst.
Democrats are still so desperate to prove they TOTALLY ARE CHRISTIAN TOO YOU GUYS that they concede ground and run away from topics they should be defending (like trans rights) because arguing against white supremacy even in the weak way they (as a party) occasionally manage to do is already wildly heretical.