North Carolina Republicans pass new congressional map, likely gaining extra seat in 2026 midterms. Democrats decry rigged maps. Protesters chant for fair elections.
The problem with that approach is that it’s exactly what they want. Less liberal voters, more votes for them and more power. Should we expand the same idea to the country and just let them win by leaving? I get it, they change the rules, ignore the rules, or get rid of the rules and life becomes dangerous for those who oppose them. But maybe this is the fire to change things that’s been missing and has gotten us into a complacency of “well, maybe next voting cycle”. NC isn’t a shithole, it’s just the people that are in control there making it that way. Why should they get to win?
Look I get that, and I am sure there are nice parts to North Carolina but you are making a broad political argument, whereas I am warning people they are in physical danger.
Let the state be drained of hardworking smart people until the state comes back begging for scraps. I am not saying don’t vote and don’t fight but the “stay and fight” argument feels like it condemns the one life you have to being crushed to pieces for some abstracted principle that may be structurally futile.
Things are going to get much worse before they get better and I can’t in good conscience say “stay and fight!” to people in red states.
I do think it’s a personal decision, and I don’t fault those who feel they have to secure their lives. But as someone who has ancestry in this country who in different generations did sacrifice all they had for what may have seemed to them abstract concepts that weren’t guarantees, it’s hard to just leave and let it burn down. Not all battles are winnable, but some have to be won to win the war. So decide where the line is for yourself and importantly, act now. Waiting for the fight to come to you usually doesn’t work well.
The problem with that approach is that it’s exactly what they want. Less liberal voters, more votes for them and more power. Should we expand the same idea to the country and just let them win by leaving? I get it, they change the rules, ignore the rules, or get rid of the rules and life becomes dangerous for those who oppose them. But maybe this is the fire to change things that’s been missing and has gotten us into a complacency of “well, maybe next voting cycle”. NC isn’t a shithole, it’s just the people that are in control there making it that way. Why should they get to win?
Look I get that, and I am sure there are nice parts to North Carolina but you are making a broad political argument, whereas I am warning people they are in physical danger.
Let the state be drained of hardworking smart people until the state comes back begging for scraps. I am not saying don’t vote and don’t fight but the “stay and fight” argument feels like it condemns the one life you have to being crushed to pieces for some abstracted principle that may be structurally futile.
Things are going to get much worse before they get better and I can’t in good conscience say “stay and fight!” to people in red states.
I do think it’s a personal decision, and I don’t fault those who feel they have to secure their lives. But as someone who has ancestry in this country who in different generations did sacrifice all they had for what may have seemed to them abstract concepts that weren’t guarantees, it’s hard to just leave and let it burn down. Not all battles are winnable, but some have to be won to win the war. So decide where the line is for yourself and importantly, act now. Waiting for the fight to come to you usually doesn’t work well.