The single biggest reason Republicans can pursue anti-democracy positions is because they can win control of federal + state governments with minorities of the vote. Increasing electoral accountability by making outcomes more proportional is not a panacea, but would do a lot.
https://twitter.com/jon_m_rob/status/1398001038280507392
Of course, we're in this problem largely because Trump put us here, and there aren't a lot of ways to legislate your way out of demagoguery
I have talked privately with people for a while about my doom and gloom here, but the only real solution to *gestures wildly* "all of this" is to write a new constitution
Obviously, there is a lot you can do in the meantime — multi-member districts with RCV or one-vote list PR in the House — but it's worth being realistic about the scope of the problem here. It's not alarmist to say the weaknesses are inherent to the institutions!
Obviously you can't get the desired outcome within the current system for amendments
https://twitter.com/419Meathead/status/1398016991999430658?s=20
More practically, if you're a majoritarian, the only principled position is to get rid of the filibuster and add a bunch of new states
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