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In reply to the discussion: Ted Cruz: “I Can Only Laugh” When Obama, Clinton Discuss Income Inequality Since They Made It Worse [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)It would be weak of them to complain that they lost the majority of elections due to gerrymandering, because that's how it is, they didn't have the local districts, they couldn't write the maps. Only in severe cases can Democrats really rebuff the district lines, and in those cases the courts have overruled the Republicans. In some cases it would be good to advocate for CA-like computer generated disricting, but that is a 2020 battle, and isn't relevant to current politics. Indeed, you got to actually elect people to fight for that in 2020, if you don't, then the gerrymandering continues!
As far as being a Canadian, I don't discount your opinion, but I do take umbrage with Canadians who have consistently elected right wingers in the past few years, bashing the US, whose top leaders are doing great liberal things. This especially repulsive when Canada is so far removed from the UK and AU and shouldn't be trending toward the politics in those countries, but somehow, it manages to do so.
The US is capitalist. It makes me shake my head when people bash capitalistic approaches to things. They will happen. It's not going away, no major candidate is going to bash capitalism. It's just how it is. Capitalism, as a single issue, is far and away the least important thing to the American people. It's a joke.