Posted from Uvalde: "We are not a red state. We are a oppressed state."

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28. America needs a reboot and quickly. We have been under Minority Rule

for decades now. CA has 38 million people and two Senators, WY has 800,000 people and two Senators. There are more States like that giving the few way too much control. When the Constitution was created, there were only 13 million people in the original 13 States, there is no way the Founders could have foreseen such a huge population growth or how lopsided things could become. Same with the 2nd Amendment, that was put in to get Virginia to agree, but it was all about slave patrols that were called State Militias. That Amendment should have been eliminated after the Civil War, along with the Electoral College.

We live in oppressed states and pretty much an oppressed country. All because the Constitution is outdated (mostly number wise) and the Right has completely lost its mind over the last 40 years. Having over 700 Billionaires has also pushed us towards on Oligarchy that the Right Wing seems to cherish. Even the rank and file Repubs follow suit and consistently vote against their best interests.

I am angry too, and disillusioned. I do not see this getting any better, only worse. Covid sucks and is going to be here for years. Climate Change is going to make Covid look like a vacation in the next 10-20 years. I am in my late 60's and will probably be gone before things really get terrible, but I have three grown children and four grandchildren that will have to grow up in a hellscape. It is so depressing there are times I just withdraw, I can't hardly take anymore.