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ToastedPlanet
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It's a combination of the right-wing infosphere brainwashing people and systemic flaws in our democracy that allow for minority rule. A minority of the population in key states needed to fed Republican propaganda for decades and that's what happened.
Unfortunately, this will have global implications. Trump's foreign policy will allow dictators to do whatever they want. If anyone reading this knows a place they can go where they can be safe, don't let me stop you. But, this is going to allow dictatorships to carve the world into spheres of influence.
The way we push back against this is by organizing.
does it require every state to agree?
Yes. It's baked into Article V which is about amendments. The last line is the relevant line.
Article. V.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
I'm not a constitutional scholar, but presumably an amendment cannot self-reference the article that amendments are derived from. Otherwise, we could just amend Article V to remove the last line of text and then amend the Senate as much as we wanted with another.
I could be wrong. Maybe the Founders were hoping that the future generations would notice this, but enough slave owners at the time wouldn't and sign it.
That's a clever and funny strategy. And who knows we may end up wanting to do that or something similar. But what we need isn't the certainty of a Democrat majority and a Republican minority, but majority rule.
Creating lots of states out of DC would solve our current dilemma of Republican overrepresentation, but it would not solve minority rule. We need to reform the institutions of our society from the ground up. The House and Senate each need a thousand seats, and the president and Supreme Court need to be elected by popular vote to name a few. All of these are possible to change, assuming bicameral legislatures are worthwhile to keep. Even the Senate, but it requires every state to agree.
If we had ranked choice voting there would be more viable political parties and we would probably have fewer independent voters. I voted for Harris and Walz, but I'm registered Independent. I don't see the reason to register as a Democrat when I want socialism and they don't. Maybe if Democrats change for the better or we get ranked choice voting in the future I would register for a party. Vote Blue!
It feels like it happens every time. XD
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Their TTT content is the funniest and the best edited. Yogscast TTT and Blood on the Clocktower channel vods are my two favorite social deduction games to watch.
TTT is an excellent example of what happens when there are too many guns and not enough trust. Most games end with two or fewer people left. Mass shootings will not be improved if everyone has a gun but no one knows each other. When people hear gun shots, they don't know who the good guys with guns are and they RDM constantly.
Genocide and war aren't mutually exclusive. The Holocaust happened during WWII.
No, it's utility. The idea that we can achieve our goals despite not currently having leftists and socialists in power. Not wanting to get your hands dirty isn't even a political position.
We needed to win this election so there would be future elections. And so that those elections would use rank choice or one of the systems listed.