But “Texas” includes millions of people who voted AGAINST Republicans at the national, state and local level. Are you including them as having “no one to blame but themselves?” Are they getting what they deserve? Should they have worked harder to elect Democrats?
And what about the poor, medically infirm, children, elderly and others who are disproportionately suffering from this collapse? Do they have no one to blame but themselves?
Its easy to treat “Texas” as a monolith (hell, I did so in my thread title) and hold the whole state responsible for the sins of its governing class and the voters who put them there. But the consequences are being borne largely by the powerless and disenfranchised.
The no power thing absolutely stinks, as I know well from many days in the dark and cold in both Ohio and Kentucky. At least they’re saying the statewide Texas grid is up again.
Sonny, I remember when they called them things “cold fronts”.
Free enterprise at its very best! Good thing Texas avoided becoming oppressed under the Yoke of Socialism™, which might have regulated the power companies to ensure stable and reliable power even in adverse conditions, prevented price gouging, and allowed for the exchange of power across state lines where and when needed.
With the horrifying reliance of so many Texans on (not always safe) alternative means to heat their houses, has anybody checked to be sure that Governor Abbott didn’t privatize the Fire Departments and Paramedics ?
You know, not for nothing, but voter disenfranchisement in Texas is a very real thing. During the 2020 election, Gov. Abbott limited voter drop boxes to one per county. One in the smallest counties, numbering only hundreds of people; one in the largest of counties, numbering millions. That had a disproportionate effect on Democrats. Which was exactly the point.
This map really helps put things in perspective as far as the way our current states skew the population. More Texans voted for Biden than New Yorkers. Highlights the unfortunate way that our current system advantages one political party of the others.
I’m not exactly sure what you mean by that. But the way I’d say it that the compelling message from that map is that perhaps as many as 40% of voters (of both parties) are effectively unrepresented under the electoral college system because their votes don’t count for anything when the other party holds a substantial majority in their state.
