''making politics apolitical'' is a reference to the dream that

In Reply to: You can't make politics apolitical posted by blindness on August 02, 2025 at 11:26:56

there are apolitical or equitable ways to draw districts. There aren't. The act of drawing the districts is a political act with political consequences. By its very nature, even if there were some neutral way to do the districting, it would end up being subverted eventually.

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• There are fair and equitable ways to draw districts. BluBlood 12:42:14 08/02/25 (13)
  • It is an inherently undemocratic process that preselects voter blindness 13:33:29 08/02/25 (12)
    • How about throwing the problem at AI? SagoBob 15:41:54 08/02/25 (5)
      • AI is utter bullsh!t* Dr.J 18:40:31 08/02/25 (3)
        • Re: AI is utter bullsh!t* SagoBob 20:43:12 08/02/25 (2)
          • People can make money selling bullsh!t Dr.J 22:16:49 08/02/25 (1)
            • Yep! And then there's this. SagoBob 12:27:50 08/03/25 (0)
      • The last thing I would trust is a black box that makes decisions blindness 17:00:57 08/02/25 (0)
    • California districts are NOT drawn by political affiliation. BluBlood 15:27:51 08/02/25 (5)
      • Well intentioned, but .. blindness 16:40:13 08/02/25 (4)
        • You clearly don't know sh!t about the redistricting process. BluBlood 17:42:25 08/02/25 (3)
          • It is an inherently antidemocratic process. It matters very l blindness 19:43:34 08/02/25 (2)
            • You are making two arguments simultaneously. BluBlood 22:17:32 08/02/25 (1)
              • I'm yeah, I think that's what I'm doing blindness 22:20:23 08/02/25 (0)

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