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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If it takes that long to do something so universally desired, it’s going to take a thousand years to change our voting system.

Things never seem to change, until they do. And then you're amazed they were ever the old way at all. As someone who remembers walking through an airport pre-9/11, in a state that put Ann Richards in the governor's office, its funny to think about what was "normal" 30 years ago. Hell, its funny to think about what was normal 20 years ago, under Bush. Or 10 years ago, under Obama.

I'm old enough to remember when a black President was telling the country he could settle race tensions between a Harvard Professor and a city cop by having a beer with them.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Flying planes into buildings probably won't help change our voting system.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Historically speaking, I have to disagree. One of the most transformative moments of our history since Pearl Harbor. It gave birth to wave after wave of right-wing election wins and a subsequent hard-right shift in voting rights, election policy, and court composition.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Right: It would make things even worse.