Exactly. We are designed so that those with more power can play their games in DC and through out all the public offices in these states.
There is a reason why labor movements have been nearly completely wiped out from collective history.
Those who don't take this govts anti-socialist stance seriously must realize that the history of modern warfare and the history of anti-socialism share way too much space.
You can't look at California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts--states who have these very long-term Democrat majorities, and tell me we have a representative anything! Those places will likely never turn back to any kind of balanced representative rule. They pass whatever the hell they want and the only pushback is through our Federal courts who often take years to produce meager relief.
No, a representative democracy allows the majority to choose their representatives. And the majority chose one party in those states. That is what democracy is.
What you're asking for is rule by minority. At an extreme, an autocracy.
I didn't even notice until later, the final word of that comment. WTF indeed. This is absolutely not okay on HN, and we have to ban accounts that do it repeatedly.
The guidelines have been in place since soon after HN started, and have always been clear that kindness and curious conversation are what we're aiming for here.
In the case of this comment "wtf are you talking about?" may be at the milder end of the spectrum of abuse, "moron" certainly isn't.
