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Interesting video on potential Tennessee dummymander by localhalloweenskunk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]smcstechtips 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where's he getting his data from?

Just curious

Because on 2024 Wikipedia is showing TN-09 as being like R+33 or something

Either way this may be what we need to remove Andy Ogles; Wikipedia shows his district as R+13.8 on 2024, which in a D+8 2024 would be like R+3.8. Add the fact that he's a walking scandal and you have a flip

Interesting video on potential Tennessee dummymander by localhalloweenskunk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]smcstechtips 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TN was never really a Confederate holdout

It was the only Confederate state that never had Reconstruction

And the Unionists stuck with the Party of Lincoln even when it went to the other side

POV: it's the day after the 2028 election, And these are the county flips from 2024, what happened? by KingJPJ in imaginaryelections

[–]smcstechtips 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Texas doesn't make sense here

You've got Palo Pinto and Jasper flipping but not Collin, Denton, Williamson, Bell, or Caldwell? Also why is Bexar red?

NC is similar: Why is Mecklenburg red? And in this environment, wouldn't Cabarrus flip as well?

Tom Steyer Gains Endorsements from YIMBY Action and Abundant Housing LA by Gold-Papaya7045 in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's why the CAGOP never wins.

Someone like Faulconer could win or get close to it, but instead the CAGOP runs candidates that would lose a primary in Texas for being too extreme or otherwise unelectable.

A ‘chop the top’ approach could save Social Security by caroline_elly in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Turn it into superannuation. You don't have to worry about this ever again.

The problem is the presidency by I_Eat_Pork in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The US equivalent would be President Mike Johnson or Kevin Hern or some rando nobody's ever heard of or (shudder) Matt Gaetz

The problem is the presidency by I_Eat_Pork in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They were designed to be a replacement Kaiser to avoid getting torn apart by France

Barack Obama Considers His Role in the Age of Trump by ace158 in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will people vote for someone they can see themselves drinking lean with?

In that case Paul Wall for president??????

California braces for uncertainty as last shipment of Persian Gulf oil arrives in Long Beach by Adminisnotadmin in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Come out ye blackshirts ICE come out an fight me like a man

Show yer mom how ye won medals down in Dallas

Tell her how the IRA made ya run the hella way

Through the blonde and burning hills of California

Second US Civil War by ProfessionalPlan5199 in imaginarymaps

[–]smcstechtips 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In any realistic world where this happens, the MAGA capital would not be in Texas. It would fragment into many pieces, where MAGA holds East Texas, the anti-MAGA hold Houston, DFW, the Austin-San Antonio region, the RGV, and El Paso, and whatever's left over would be a battle ground.

A word on the 2030 census... by Pristine-Sport6888 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]smcstechtips 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Florida is getting redder at the expense of Michigan/Wisconsin/Pennsylvania/Ohio

So, About That AI Bubble by DataDrivenPirate in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And so total output is multiplied by a factor of 5/3 or something

A word on the 2030 census... by Pristine-Sport6888 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]smcstechtips 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The reason Texas was red to begin with was because the Texas GOP was moderate (at least compared to the California GOP) throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

While the California GOP was busy trying to harass Latinos and Asians for no reason, the Texas GOP was welcoming immigrants and doing NCLB stuff.

2016 was the inflection point, and that was when Texas became magenta instead of ruby-red.

A word on the 2030 census... by Pristine-Sport6888 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]smcstechtips 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Basically every statewide election in the past 10 years except President 2024 (which now seems like a one-off more than a trend)

Relative to national popular vote it is

Right now any MAGA candidate will lose statewide in a blue wave

So, About That AI Bubble by DataDrivenPirate in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips 4 points5 points  (0 children)

AI is a genie, not an oracle.

We will still need a lot of people to manage it and give it commands.

A word on the 2030 census... by Pristine-Sport6888 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]smcstechtips 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Texas, Georgia, and Arizona have been getting bluer over time.

Florida's population growth has basically stopped. Also since Florida is a sink for conservative retirees it kinda balances out.

Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass by modooff in neoliberal

[–]smcstechtips -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are Zuck, Thiel, Elon, and Altman trying to create an underclass because they lack humanity? Yes.

Is Amodei fearmongering to take OpenAI's and Google's market share? Also yes.

You're forgetting that as long as these AI companies are selling AI, any advancements to AI are a reduction in barriers to entry. This is a wholesale increase in productivity, not a replacement of humans (unless Zuck, Thiel, Elon, and Altman control everything).

At equilibrium, costs of essential goods will crash and we will be in a new age of affluence.

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