cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55106076
Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.
Ahead of the court’s Oct. 15 rehearing of Louisiana v. Callais — a case that has major implications for the VRA — two voting rights groups are sounding the alarm, warning that eliminating Section 2, a provision that prohibits racial gerrymandering when it dilutes minority voting power, would let Republicans redraw up to 19 House seats to favor the party and crush minority representation in Congress.
Bye bye free and fair elections by the midterms! And people called me crazy for predicting this.
Now the SCOTUS is siding against the Civil Rights Act? JFC how the hell do so many people allow this to happen.
Decades long campaign to get those people in power
JFC, how much worse can life in the states get…
Significantly
Yeah, you’re right, I just cannot believe how bad things have gotten in such a short amount of time.
Long term I’m still optimistic. Most people don’t want this, they’re just not paying attention/being lied to.
We’re on the other side of, “Good times make weak people”, we’re somewhere between “Weak people make hard times”, and “Hard times make strong people”, and we all want to hurry up and get to “Strong people make good times” ASAP. But these things…they take time.
Weak people don’t make hard times.
Evil people do. (Aka Nazis/the wealthy)
And why do you think those people are evil? Because they’re weak. They have to commit all these atrocities to feel strong, because they lack any real strength. Just look at how pathetic ICE officers and their ilk are, happy to beat up and harass unarmed civilians, but the moment they’re even slightly threatened they run away with their tails between their legs.
You’re attributing to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. The greedy always exist. (I’m not religious so i don’t like the term “evil”, but) the “evil” always exist. But the reason those people have any power right now (and did going into the great depression, and going into the civil war, etc., etc.) is because a weak society allowed them to.
On the other end of this, the goal is to come out with a new culture that prioritizes humanity over greed. We spent so long high on good times that we forgot that was a priority (temporarily embarrassed millionaires). But in hard times, people don’t just decide to make this cultural shift, they literally have to in order to survive.
The greedy make the stupid do the things the stupid do.
They could just as easily make the stupid happy.
So, sure, we should make sure the greedy are executed immediately next time.
(Would that make us evil?)
There does need to be some immediate consequence to the willing act of wanting to make others suffer, whether directly , or by manipulating the minds of others.
Evil doesn’t necessarily have to be religious, BTW:
The concept of evil has been a theme of debate since the ancient Greek, where Plato argued that evil was a result of ignorance and Aristoteles saw morality as a guide for education and politics. Nietzsche claimed that evil was a dangerous concept that was created by the church, while Hannah Arendt underlined the banality of evil by highlighting “thoughtlessness” that frequently justify evil acts. From a neurobiological perspective, studies assessing individuals with neuro-psychiatric conditions associated with evil-related behavioral abnormalities have been suggesting a potential role of frontal and limbic structures, as well as of the serotonergic system. However, several of these studies assessed presumed correlates of evil, such as antisocial personality disorder or impulsive-aggressive behavior.
We could just… learn from history instead.
The founding fathers did, and that’s why they didn’t directly rule.
No Kings.
And if all the ants in the world suddenly decided to work together to take over the world, they just could. Unfortunately, humanity isn’t a person who can “just learn” something. It’s a complicated interaction of biology and ecology. For better and worse, “we” can’t all “just learn” something, only a person can. A person is smart, people are stupid.
The founding fathers were strong people borne of hard times, and given an opportunity to create good times.
There is always a deeper pit
At this point, there is no position so indefensible and abhorrent that I would bet against the Supreme Court ruling in favor of it.
Cannot stress enough how much Democratic states need to stop fucking around and get moving. It’s literal survival at stake here. If you do not follow suit and start a redistricting campaign of your own then everyone is screwed forever.
My guy, please stay up to date. Republicans will be in power for decades to come (legitimately or not). Americans are more than screwed. We are talking about concentration camps for minorities, non-Christians, homeless, disabled, trans and autistic people.
Remember:
- Hitler cheated his way to power by declaring illegal all the other parties.
- Trump has the Mein Kampf as his bedside book.
Ugh, might as well get ahead of this being how it goes. Because that’s how it gonna go.
But I couldn’t vote for Harris because she hated the voters.
Don’t forget mumblemumble genocide
I got banned from ‘Lefty’ (tankieshits) Memes before I could ask how many Venezuelan fishermen Harris would’ve blown up.
She would have blown up millions of them.
<yawn> Oh, another loser trying to stir shit up and divide the left. So original.
