Claire Xen  🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🧙🏻‍♀️ BLM  🏴 🚩

So true. Thank you for helping to remind the world that America is governed by American's.https://twitter.com/devbisme/status/1054960924111654913 …

.. by those Americans whose vote isn't suppressed or whose vote isn't rendered irrelevant by gerrymandering. Because some Americans are more American than others I assume .. That's not what a democracy looks like and that's why the rest of the developed world is horrified.

If you don't like how America is governed, then let me invite you to fix how your own government is governed, and then share with the world the shining example of your success.

In our last presidential election, the candidate with the most votes won. Every Austrian citizen can cast a vote. No extra registration required, no mechanism to deprive minorities of their right to vote. We almost always have a voter turnout of significantly >70%.

You might ask "but how can I replicate this 'shining example of success'?" It's quite simple: If one of your political actors attacks democracy itself, don't vote for them. Make sure they understand they have to play within the rules or they don't get to play at all.