jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 个月前Republicans threaten a government shutdown unless Congress makes it harder to votewww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1706arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareKalysta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up51·5 个月前Yes. Lets shut down the government over this. The furloughed workers totally won’t vote democrat in protest.
minus-squareAbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down1·5 个月前It’s worked every other time Republicans have shut down the government. Why wouldn’t they get their way this time?
minus-squareSirDerpy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 个月前Our collective situation may have become so dire that We the People may realize we’ve far more power than what we express at the ballot box. Probably not yet. But, possibly soon.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 个月前A little more than half* of We the People will have no problem with this. * by land area
minus-squareSirDerpy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-25 个月前By numbers, one third will advocate. One third will do nothing. One third will object. About ten percent will sacrifice to lead the rest. We could argue with history. But, that’d be dumb.
minus-squarebrianary@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 个月前When did they last get their way via shutdown? Usually it costs Republicans politically.
Yes. Lets shut down the government over this. The furloughed workers totally won’t vote democrat in protest.
It’s worked every other time Republicans have shut down the government. Why wouldn’t they get their way this time?
Our collective situation may have become so dire that We the People may realize we’ve far more power than what we express at the ballot box.
Probably not yet. But, possibly soon.
A little more than half* of We the People will have no problem with this.
* by land area
By numbers, one third will advocate. One third will do nothing. One third will object. About ten percent will sacrifice to lead the rest. We could argue with history. But, that’d be dumb.
When did they last get their way via shutdown? Usually it costs Republicans politically.