jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 年前Republicans threaten a government shutdown unless Congress makes it harder to votewww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1706arrow-down116
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minus-squareSirDerpy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 年前Our collective situation may have become so dire that We the People may realize we’ve far more power than what we express at the ballot box. Probably not yet. But, possibly soon.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 年前A little more than half* of We the People will have no problem with this. * by land area
minus-squareSirDerpy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 年前By numbers, one third will advocate. One third will do nothing. One third will object. About ten percent will sacrifice to lead the rest. We could argue with history. But, that’d be dumb.
minus-squarebrianary@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 年前When did they last get their way via shutdown? Usually it costs Republicans politically.
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Our collective situation may have become so dire that We the People may realize we’ve far more power than what we express at the ballot box.
Probably not yet. But, possibly soon.
A little more than half* of We the People will have no problem with this.
* by land area
By numbers, one third will advocate. One third will do nothing. One third will object. About ten percent will sacrifice to lead the rest. We could argue with history. But, that’d be dumb.
When did they last get their way via shutdown? Usually it costs Republicans politically.