I never really believed in gerrymandering for these purposes anyway.
I appreciate the intention, but when we leave these things open they end up getting abused in the other direction.
We should federally mandate shortest-splitline algorithm for redistricting and permanently end all gaming of the system.
Barney is and will forever be stuck in a two party mindset…and that’s what this mindset gives you - political brainworms.
Hah! Well I took the comic to mean that the accelerationist gets exactly what he wanted and pays for it in the end when things go to hell.
Thing is if we implemented what I’m talking about (which is literally just a law about how we vote…we already have legislation that does this…we just amend it) there would be no upheaval.
The electorate would vote more honestly.
Campaigns would become more positive.
News media would become more policy focused.
There would be no firing squad - just a return to normal policy-focused (not party-focused) politics.
It would actually be quite boring.
The real solution btw is just a better consensus mechanism in our electoral process in the form of STAR Voting.
It is quite literally that simple.
The lack of choice (as explained in Duverger’s Law) is what kills our politics and helps the media portray all political battles as us vs them and not “What shade out of a million shades of gray should this policy be?”.
tl;dr - STAR Voting is quite literally a panacea for nearly all the extreme ills that plague our politics - even a large portion of “voting doesn’t matter so I won’t” apathy…because to vote “strategically” under STAR Voting is to just vote honestly and every vote matters. No revolution required - just a better electoral process. I’m happy to answer any questions.
I appreciate you!
I’m no defender of Trump’s…but I can relate.
I’m 43 and just took my kids to the Mario Galaxy movie and thought
“Now might be a good time to close my eyes just for a few minutes.”
Education is the answer - not bans.
We don’t need less freedom.
Right. She looks like she knows what she wants and she’s gonna take it.
Left looks like she might be just doing it for the picture.
I wonder what her hair stylist does for a living.
He is posting. I’m literally in one of MrShankles posts Right Now! Crazy.