What happens in a polity that is gridlocked, a polity that can't meet fundamental crises with policies that popular majorities want?
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That's not cynicism, it's realism. When you don't get representation even when you win, deciding that the system is rigged is purely descriptive.
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Structural factors being not enough of them wanting to?
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The material interests of the bureaucrats should be considered a structural force, given how history has been shaped by it
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Yeah, my problem with Shor isn't that his analysis is wrong so much as that I don't see a solution. Ultimately, Democrats can't make the system more small-d democratic without doing things that are clearly against the interests of the median voter in the median Senate seat.
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“Talking about climate codes you as a white super liberal, no one else cares” is the most depressing thing I’ve read, and that’s against some pretty stiff competition
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that assumes structural factors can’t be changed. they can. there’s no desire to abolish institutional mechanisms. doing so would undermine dem pols greatest hits: what if the gop does bad in the future? we want to pass bills, but rules say no! donate to elect more dems!
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