• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Because the Dem leadership is obsessed with appealing to an increasingly tiny portion of the electorate, alienating everyone to the left of Reagan who isn’t in the “Blue No Matter Who” cult of settling for second worst.

    No, because land area determines the legislature and not population. The Republican Senate hasn’t represented more than half the population in the US since 1996, but had control for most of that time. Every Democratic majority is a short-lived thing after massive uphill battle, because America leans hard to the right we value land area more than people.

    In short: This is the best our government can do, because it’s structurally deficient and Americans are pretty dumb.

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      5 months ago

      No, because land area determines the legislature and not population

      That’s a big part of the reason too, yes.

      America American law leans hard to the right we it values land area more than people

      Fixed it for you. And guess who’s had ample opportunity to do something, ANYTHING, about that throughout the decades and have hardly even tried beyond empty campaign ad sound bites? Starts with a D…

      This is the best our government can do

      Ridiculous defeatism.

      because it’s structurally deficient

      Which SOME people have the power to do something about but actively avoid addressing outside of fundraising appeals.

      Americans are pretty dumb.

      Some are, but NOWHERE near the majority. For example, the largest share of the population that ever voted for Trump was 20%.