There are moments in time, in every era when actions are taken that serve as the notification that history is being made. Those glimpses of behavior that we learn about in school, were turning points that led to conflict. We think of the Stamp Act, Dred Scott, Archdukes, European invasions, and ships being bombed. These seem like clear signs in hindsight because we have been taught their significance in how those power brokers and populations responded. The past week, I think I have noticed one of those moments happening. It seems insignificant to most because the topic puts everybody to sleep.
Redistricting & Gerrymandering, or the arms race that it is going to kick off. National Republicans have soft launched a plan to dwindle the Democrat’ representation in Texas. With developments following in Missouri, Indiana, and Nebraska. Actively discussing nuking their districts to guarantee a GOP outcome in the midterms. That discussion has prompted Democratic US Senators, the House Minority Leader, and party hacks into wanting to do the same in California, New York, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, and Minnesota. In those events, their reciprocation would end GOP representation in these states for all intents and purposes.
I can only foresee the enterprise ending singularly. That ending wouldn’t be “winning” an election. It would be the real steps to violence and national divorce.
Cities stuck in Red States will grow unrestful because they’ve been stripped of a meaningful vote. They’ll look for remedies, like secession into neighboring states that are friendlier to their politics (think St. Louis, Illinois or Kansas City, Kansas). Unrest will ramp up, and swift crackdowns, with the current Federal government would happily activating mobilizations, and curfews.
GOP voters in California, New York, and Maryland who can’t afford to move will be bombarded with new age propaganda about murderers running rampant in their communities brought to you by the “communist state government”, which will lead to organized vigilante groups trying to barricade their towns, with sympathies and support from Washington.
Democrats will start turning more and more for external resources to mount their new campaign against the Right wing, which will end up in their organizations and states directly or indirectly taking money from foreign governments. In any event would have catastrophic consequences.
The country will finally fracture into their corners until decisive forces push through, or eternal stalemate creating disparate Fiefdoms. All of our foreign adversaries will finally have the country where they want it, and will endlessly exploit the armed hatred, like we do with shell governments around the world. Techno-crats will finally gain independence in pockets around North America for their libertarian fever dream cities, owned by them and for them.
Once it is said and done, we will all be aimlessly wondering why things are the way they are, but as a refresher, I’ll give you a reminder from the now. Anyone who supports the activation of this sequence, will be the reason why. This is the time when we all had the chance to chase a better future, that could ride above partisan stupidity, but instead we are letting the party based dogma steal our future.
Seek something better if you want something better.