Behold Coruscant! The entire planet … is a city!

Only 90’s kids will remember

But there is surely room between “controlled by the government” and “not accountable for the content on its platform.”

I think this is a common misconception about how electability works in a first-past-the-post voting system. There is no benefit to going with a compromise position or reaching out to moderates. The number of people who can be persuaded to vote one way or another is miniscule. The number of people who can be persuaded to vote or not to vote is massive.

If people are excited or scared, they come out to vote. With disenfranchisement primarily focused on progressive and minority voters, there’s not much left to gain in scaring regressive conservatives more, they already vote at high numbers.

It wasn’t a game I played at the time, but I really enjoyed going back to play it last year.

In my state, ballot initiatives to change to ranked choice or approval voting, ideally with expanded multiple winner districts.

My favorite baseball player is Mike Truck.

And if they hear this information, they may stare blankly, refuse to take in the new information, then respond with a thought-terminating cliche like “God only made two genders.”

Actually like this: https://youtu.be/dF98ii6r_gU?si=auFnMHOAwPi3UWlz

I’ve been impressed by her ability to actually get things done. She’s been getting community programs funded in her district that accomplish Green New Deal goals but doing it silently without attaching Green New Deal wording anywhere. She got other representatives running similar programs in the same way. I respect someone who is willing to speak up but also believes in their mission enough to do it quietly if that’s what it takes.

They were basically illegal until 1982. It was considered, and I believe still is, market manipulation.