Banana Republic
Many of you will not want to hear this.
If the person who gets fewer votes wins elections (Dim Son, Comrade Trump) and the person who gets more votes loses (Gore), even 3 million more votes (Hillary) still loses, then it's a banana republic. If that result has become so routine that nobody even talks about it or cares, then it's a deeply entrenched banana republic.
If control of one house of the legislature is pre-determined for five elections in advance, as the U.S. House of Representatives currently is by extreme gerrymandering, then it's a banana republic.
If a map of your gerrymandered legislative districts looks like a snake pit with added mutant alien spiders and if it's drawn that way specifically to dramatically favor one party, then it's a banana republic.
If top law enforcement officials use the power of their office to actively favor one party by selective releasing and withholding of information, then it's a banana republic. James Comey supports a banana republic. Major factions of the FBI favor a banana republic. James Comey is a tool of Putin.
If the electoral system gives a disproportionate bonus (the "redneck bonus"
so that some voters' votes count more than others, then it's a banana republic. (Redneck Bonus: the electoral college gives two bonus votes to every state in addition to votes proportionate to their population, so that some states get one electoral vote per 100,000 population while other states get only one vote per 550,000 population. Without the redneck bonus, Florida wouldn't even have mattered in 2000--Gore would have won clearly.)
If there is massive voter suppression, through onerous restrictions specifically designed to disenfranchise one party's voters and through deliberate barriers to voting such as making some voters wait in lines for five hours to vote, then it's a banana republic. There has never been a case in the history of America where the voters in a rich old white Republican precinct had to wait in line five hours to vote. But it's commonplace for poor young non-whites to have to do so. Every single time that happens, it's because one side (always the same side) controls the voting sites, machines, times, and days, to rig the election. Every. Single. Time. When you see pictures on TV on election day of people standing in line for hours to vote, you know it's a banana republic. And when nobody even notices or cares any more, then it's a deeply entrenched banana republic.
If the officials who run elections are also the campaign officials for one side and they routinely conduct elections in a manner to favor their side, then it's a banana republic.
If insecure black box vote counting computers are programmed by 26-time felony loser hackers and attempts to verify and recount are always completely thwarted by election officials who flat out lie about the results, then it's a banana republic.
If massive amounts of secret money control the election process and a candidate must either be a billionaire or have billionaires who want to buy them power in order to even compete, then it's a banana republic.
If the rules change depending on which party is in power (e.g., North Carolina), then it's a banana republic.
If an enemy foreign power hacks the election to favor Putin's Puppy and nobody really cares (although they may pretend to, until they get a chance to sweep it under the rug), then it's a banana republic. Red Donald is a symptom of a banana republic.
So who wants America to be a banana republic? Who strives to make (and keep) America a banana republic? Obviously, Banana Republicans!
Banana Republicans gerrymander, Banana Republicans redline voters, Banana Republicans disenfranchise voters, Banana Republicans kettle voters, Banana Republicans rig elections, Banana Republicans change the rules to favor themselves. Frankly, Banana Republicans want to establish New Rhodesia in the new world.
Putin is not stupid. He knows that if you want to destroy America, make it a banana republic. If you want to destroy America, let Banana Republicans rule.
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