When politicians redraw congressional district maps to favor their party, they may secure short-term victories. But those wins can come at a steep price — a loss of public faith in elections and, ultimately, in democracy itself.
Remove every peaceful option, see what’s left
Almost sounds like a Sherlock Holmes quote.
Gerrymandering erodes 𝖼̶𝗈̶𝗇̶𝖿̶𝗂̶𝖽̶𝖾̶𝗇̶𝖼̶𝖾̶ ̶𝗂̶𝗇̶ democracy. FIFU
𝖼̶𝗈̶𝗇̶𝖿̶𝗂̶𝖽̶𝖾̶𝗇̶𝖼̶𝖾̶ ̶𝗂̶𝗇̶
Markdown (which Lemmy supports) can do that, too:
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Yeah…but at this point there’s more important things at stake :/ (referring to Newsom’s effort)
That’s the point.
No shit
Undemocratic thing is undemocratic.
Shocked Pikachu
Of course gerrymandering erodes democracy, that’s the point
It’s a feature, not a bug.
"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.” - David Frum
Exactly. When people lose faith in democracy, leaders have free rein.
Clearly we need ranked choice and no electoral college. 🤷♂️
Agree on both points, but gerrymandering doesn’t apply to the function of the EC. Even with Ranked Choice voting, they would still be susceptible to gerrymandering. Independent redistricting commissions seem like the best compromise, but then you get into a situation where not all states are playing by the same rules, and actually supporting your citizens rights is bad for the country if an equally large state can gerrymander the shit out of districts.
The article does suggest also having “proportional representation, in which parties win seats based on their share of the statewide vote, rather than in winner-take-all districts” which remove a lot of the fuss about districts maps, but would still probably still disenfranchise some voters. I also can’t imagine a ballot in a big state like CA or TX having to rank 70+ representatives for your house seat.
The unfortunate reality is the politicians currently in power would rather pull up the ladder and secure their seat than make things more fair and add more ladders.
Of course, we are fucked. It’s all over. The best outcome we can hope for at this point is a civil war
And to win that war. And to somehow ensure that, in the vacuum of power that immediately follows, whomever takes over leading the nation isn’t influenced by foreign actors.
There won’t be any winners in a civil war these days. There will be too many sides.
