I mean, I agree with this sentiment. But constantly coming back to the Democrats, when they refuse to do so much as implement DC Statehood because its just too hard!!! is fucking pathetic.

Dems don't want a sane system.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is pretty wild that Republicans have only won the popular vote in one (1) election in the past 35 years. Democracy btw

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

The nature of the Electoral College by way of the US Senate. This is quite literally as intended. America is a coalition of states that only really started functioning as a cohesive single unit in the wake of the Great Depression.

The fact that a handful of rural fiefdoms still command as much power as they do in the national congress is a large part of what keeps the country gelled together. If Floridians and Idahoians weren't hooked up to the Federal Cash Transfer pipeline, I suspect we'd see a lot more open reactionary insurrections as Californication of the national legislature moved the country's social policy away from its reactionary roots.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

Rember in 2000 when everybody came out and voted to overcome that disadvantage in the voting system and then dems just said aww shucks and handed the presidency to republicans anyway.

I've seen what happens when everybody falls in line and votes, you're still too chickenshit to stand for or oppose anything meaningful.