As a nation we need to do a better job in investing in decent wages, renewable energy, quality education, and we need universal healthcare, full-stop. We also need a return of the Fairness Doctrine, killed under Reagan, to stop the disinformation, lies, and utter poison that flows into our society 24/7 through right-wing radio, cable news, and via social media. More broadly, we need an end to the corruption caused by Citizens United, we need to eliminate the anti-democratic abomination known as the Electoral College, and need to re-apportion the makeup of the Senate to be more equitable as opposed to its current radically unequal tilt toward sparsely-populated rural areas. It's no wonder we have such a hard time passing legislation that is broadly popular and strongly desired by the majority of Americans (by population) when a cadre of Senators from rural states can sabotage everything.  That's not democracy. Rural rage might exist, but so does urban rage when bigotry, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and religious extremism is forced down our throats by that same tilted Senate and the SCOTUS it corrupted. Or by authoritarian governors who slander us on a daily basis, but are happy to take my "woke", gay, "coastal elite" tax dollars whenever a hurricane hits.

As a nation we need to do a better job in investing in decent wages, renewable energy, quality education, and we need universal healthcare, full-stop. We also need a return of the Fairness Doctrine, killed under Reagan, to stop the disinformation, lies, and utter poison that flows into our society 24/7 through right-wing radio, cable news, and via social media. More broadly, we need an end to the corruption caused by Citizens United, we need to eliminate the anti-democratic abomination known as the Electoral College, and need to re-apportion the makeup of the Senate to be more equitable as opposed to its current radically unequal tilt toward sparsely-populated rural areas. It's no wonder we have such a hard time passing legislation that is broadly popular and strongly desired by the majority of Americans (by population) when a cadre of Senators from rural states can sabotage everything.  That's not democracy. Rural rage might exist, but so does urban rage when bigotry, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and religious extremism is forced down our throats by that same tilted Senate and the SCOTUS it corrupted. Or by authoritarian governors who slander us on a daily basis, but are happy to take my "woke", gay, "coastal elite" tax dollars whenever a hurricane hits.

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