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FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Q: Should (insert political party here) disenfranchise voters for the benefit of (insert political party here)'s political ends?

A: No.

If you have no principles you have nothing.

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dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Spoiler alert: if you are the only one with principles and you have no teeth you don’t have anything either.

Game theory: tit for tat

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- FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  The thing is that they’ve got teeth. E.g. redistricting, along with the plurality of powers granted to the countless offices across the nation that they hold.
  
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  - dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Ohh THATS why we keep reading about R gerrymandered districts being struck down, then delayed, redrawn, struck down, and delayed until they are used again for the next election because no time for with literally zero recourse after consolidation of power. Pretty sure that list now includes in the last 5 years NC, OH, and VA minimally.
    
    Where teeth?
    
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