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As Texas Republicans try to muscle a rare mid-decade redistricting bill through the Legislature to help Republicans gain seats in Congress -- at President Donald Trump's request -- residents in Austin, the state capital, could find themselves sharing a district with rural Texans more than 300 miles away.

The proposed map chops up Central Texas' 37th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett, will be consumed by four neighboring districts, three of which Republicans now hold.

One of those portions of the Austin-area district was drawn to be part of the 11th District that Republican Rep. August Pfluger represents, which stretches into rural Ector County, about 20 miles away from the New Mexico border.

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 83 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

These assholes are going to make violent revolution inevitable. Why they think they will survive that revolution is a mystery.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 48 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Because they think they have the vast majority of those institutions with the ability to inflict violence on their side.

And from where I'm sitting, it looks like they're right

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Oh there is no doubt they have a monopoly on violence, but America has more guns than people and virtually no mental health care so..............

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 27 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

So...those with a monopoly on violence will use it ruthlessly against any disorganised violence. Have a look at Stalin's Russia, Hitler's Germany and Pol Pot's Cambodia.

The only way individual citizens with small arms will have any impact on organised groups with automatic weapons, armoured vehicles artillery and air support is if they one get seriously organised in an underground fashion and two convert some of the military groups to their side.

If they don't do both those it'll just be massacres and wholesale internment in concentration camps. The MSM have already shown they're happy to whitewash whats going on, so you'll never hear about the majority of extra-judicial killings until years later if ever.

The US has about 3 months left to raise a serious resistance, otherwise the show is over and the fat lady is singing.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Organization is a weakness. Attack the leadership and it’s less effective.

How do you attack a large number of individuals engaging in stochastic violence unconnected from each other?

How do you attack a large number of individuals engaging in stochastic violence unconnected from each other?

The same way every oppressive regime has.

Look to history and there have been some succesful insurgencies, there's also been a LOT of oppressed populations ground down into compliance. Random individuals operating on their own have never to the best of my knowledge achieved significant change. Groups of people working in cells to minimise infiltration and quisling risks however have.

I am glad you are optimistic, and I wish you luck in your endeavours. I certainly would like to see your fascist regime fall.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

Because it worked for people like them in China and Russia.