Do we really want to explain to future generations that we lost our democracy because a handful of politicians wanted to save the filibuster?
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We don’t - but more and more, what the people want is not what determines public policy.

Nov 11, 2021 · 12:03 PM UTC

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so you're saying we're...losing democracy (^_<)
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Interesting how our representatives really don't represent us.
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This just happened with a ballot initiative that was completely ignored by our Legislature in Utah, regarding redrawn district maps.
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They're relentlessly conditioned to care more about The Bachelorette and the latest streaming obsession. To be sold morning, noon, and night as digita, softening them to be sold "goods" as promises to fill the void within them.
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