ThrowawayOnLemmy

Computer programs don’t inherently remove bias. If anything, they obfuscate it. We wouldn’t have less gerrymandering from a computer program, we’d have more. We could require absolutely open and transparent code and data, and that still wouldn’t be enough because the manipulations would be performed right in the open for everyone to see, but it would be ‘okay’ because it’s not illegal. Much like our current system allows for gerrymandering for political purposes, this wouldn’t address the issue, it would just make hiding and obfuscating the reasoning easier.

And as for electing supreme Court judges, if you thought presidential elections and political ads were bad now, it would be 100 times worse if we have to put up with political ads for judges on top of that. It would put more money in politics which is absolutely the wrong direction to go. We need a bigger, more representative supreme Court. We need more courts in general, and more judges to get through the cases that are already in the backlog. Your proposals would exacerbate our existing issues, not help us.

In the same vein, you’re all over this thread exclusively shitting on boomers and ignoring all other possibilities.

Looks like Astro turfing to me.

Which part do you think was a lie? Half of all boomers being broke, or the rich being the problem?

Couldn’t possibly be that only boomers would answer the phone. Because you know those younger generations are totally known for answering calls from unknown numbers and participating in surveys.

Well I can tell you for sure it wasn’t only boomers that voted for them.

I’m just trying to emphasize that this is a class war, not a generational war.

Nearly half of boomers have no retirement savings. Blame them all you want, but the problem is the rich. Always has been. Always will be.

Eyes Linux computers over Microsoft or Sony.