Tonight, faced with a choice between the politics of white resentment and the politics of pluralism, a majority of Americans chose pluralism. But the Senate stands, and will continue to stand, as an anti-democratic bastion of the old America that fears the new one.
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It’s going to take creativity, outside the usual conversation, to address this. Perhaps we need a wave of patriots representing the rising new America to move to other states, diffusing the influence of the ascendant country. Perhaps the left needs to look again at federalism.
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Such an important point. Senate score is absolutely important to understand how power is allocated but not how “the American people” feel. We’ll soon live in country where 30 percent of people will decide 70 percent of Senate seats (and over-represent white/“rural” interests)
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I wonder whether an interesting application for philanthropy is creating conditions for younger, more diverse Americans to spread out across more of the country. That would be giving that changes the system fundamentally over time.
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Yep agreed. Puerto Rico and DC statehood must be a top issue for Dems. It may take a decade but it is a worthy long fight. Or else California we need you to split southern California from northern
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