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That’s actually not true about convincing the majority. A minority has had outsize political influence in the US for a decade or two now. Because of the electo
by adamsea 6y ago
That’s actually not true about convincing the majority.
A minority has had outsize political influence in the US for a decade or two now. Because of the electoral college and because of gerrymandering.
- twblalock 6y agoMost people are sympathetic to the protests but that doesn't mean there won't be a "law and order" backlash if they feel changes to policing are making them less safe. It's definitely happened before.
- adamsea 6y agoOK I admit pique and curiosity at the downvote. There are mathematical models which can be used to measure gerrymandering. And the way in which the Electoral college disempowers lots of people (a vote in an 8 million person city counts less than one in Ohio, or a small town in Wisconsin) is easily verifiable. One might disagree with ethical implications which can be drawn from these facts, but, these facts are facts, and there's even math to back it up. http://math.cmu.edu/~wes/gerrymandering.html http://math.cmu.edu/~wes/gerrymandering.html https://math.duke.edu/news/electoral-plot-detecting-gerrymandering-mathematics https://math.duke.edu/news/electoral-plot-detecting-gerryman...