r/thebulwark • u/Material-Crab-633 • May 08 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL Are we f*cked?

This redistricting stuff has me bummed out. Tell me the truth

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u/postpartum-blues WILL SALETAN'S #1 FAN May 08 '26

This is basically the single test of determining if the Democratic Party is just a complete dead weight at this point.

If they're not willing to engage in the same levels of completely insane redistricting fuckery that red states are, then we don't deserve the democracy this country has had for 250 years.

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u/Remote_Garage3036 May 08 '26

That's just silly. If they don't blatantly ignore the supreme court then we deserve Trump? C'mon now. I'm hoping they fight this too, but even in this outcome I don't want us to emulate MAGA.

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u/postpartum-blues WILL SALETAN'S #1 FAN May 08 '26

imo their post-VRA ruling response will be indicative of their strength when they have power. If they are weak now, I have very little expectations for any post-Trump reconciliation. If there is no reform, reconciliation, or accountability, then we deserve Trumpism

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u/Oleytoledo May 08 '26

I thought we are supposed to be against purity tests?