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KungFuHamster t1_j876clh wrote

Reply to comment by Actaeus86 in Universal Basic Services in the US? by [deleted]

The US is gerrymandered up to its eyeballs. Our politicians don't really represent us. If we can get rid of unlimited corporate political spending and make gerrymandering illegal, the US will swiftly and "magically" move left.

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Actaeus86 t1_j876kw5 wrote

I think you are imaging that every state is really completely packed with liberals who yearn to make their state just like California when that is not the case. Gerrymandering won’t make the south, mid west or west suddenly vote democratic. Ending corporate money and union money however would make the system better though.

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shrekerecker97 t1_j87bkpg wrote

>ke gerrymandering illegal, the US will swiftly and "magically" move left.

get rid of Citizens United. Corporations are not people.

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aphasial t1_j87mgtd wrote

Gerrymandering does not affect the US Senate or the Electoral College (other than ME and NE).

The US Senate is your best measure of what the realistic trajectory of the US is, and is definitely nowhere near as left as rando Redditors wish it were,

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