clhomme

clhomme OP t1_iwmn2f1 wrote

Reply to comment by metalandmeeples in Welp. That changed quick. (Auburn). by clhomme

Yeah. Not all places are perfect.

I bought this mess of a house (120 years old) 18 years ago. No heat, electricity in half the house. Spent years renovating it one small part at a time. Had plywood counters and no ceiling in the kitchen for 15 years.... the bathtub was in the living room for a while.

They built the cul de sac around us long ago... little McMansions.

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clhomme t1_itz4mx0 wrote

Reply to comment by Cockroach-Jones in Admit it Maine is Alaska's Mini Me by Pappa_Crim

Oh give me a damned break. The same dumb question can be asked about rural areas - what do farmers care about the need for inner city homeless assistance or drug interventions?

They answer is hopefully they do.

But neither is a justification to give the minority the absolute right to dictate to the majority. I know this is a hard concept to understand, but in literally every democracy in the free world, the party / person who wins the most votes is deemed elected to office by the people.

It is only in this country where 10% of the population think they can dictate to the other 90% "because the live in cities."

That's utterly moronic.

I completely understand your argument. I just reject it as anti-democratic. It's how we end up with abortion bans in states where the VAST majority of the population support abortion rights.

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clhomme t1_itz1uey wrote

Reply to comment by Cockroach-Jones in Admit it Maine is Alaska's Mini Me by Pappa_Crim

Oh, so the minority - really no matter how small - gets to dictate to the majority just because they live in a large suburban population center.

Can you point to the constitutional provisions that say "in all elections in which a majority of the population colludes in high density locations, the outlying rural populations, notwithstanding being a minority of the population, shall have super-majority right to control all branches of government."

I don't remember that bit from Civics class.

I do, however, remember that the electoral college was a compromise to get the we-own-black-sub-humans (and want to keep it that way) part of the continent to sign onto the constitution.

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clhomme t1_itwug4s wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Admit it Maine is Alaska's Mini Me by Pappa_Crim

"essential" = meaning ensuring the party with the least support and the least number of voters gets to completely control power over the majority, yeah, that.

Hell of a system.

The only country in the western world where the losers get power.

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clhomme t1_itwcnod wrote

Reply to comment by Cockroach-Jones in Admit it Maine is Alaska's Mini Me by Pappa_Crim

You make the point exactly.

In LA Dems are in the majority and therefore elected the governor.... who... has no power at all really.

The highly gerrymandered legislature on the other hand is super-majority Republican in both houses and has been since 2011 which makes no sense if you think about it.

So the legislature makes the laws. What laws have Republicans passed in the last 10 years to "reduce crime". They have a veto proof majority no?

(Note crime is more a function of the strength of a society than it is of the criminal penalties imposed by the society).

source 1

The Senate is R27, D11; R68, D33. It is one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. Source 2

This is yet another example of American Anti-Democracy.

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clhomme t1_itw7ikc wrote

Reply to comment by Cockroach-Jones in Admit it Maine is Alaska's Mini Me by Pappa_Crim

On review Alaska doesn't lead, but its close to the top.

source

Interesting to note - other than the two "territories" in the US with no representation or right to vote (and which are starved for resources - DC and PR), almost all states at the top are Republican controlled.

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