Yesterday, 11:44 PM
"We have no representation!"
"We" never did. "We" never will.
I don't know what "representation" is really even supposed to be or mean (especially in a continent-spanning nation of a third of a billion people). If it means something like "someone else (i.e., a 'representative') in a position of power believing or acting on the basis of things I like or agree with", and if others who believe things I dislike or disagree with are also entitled to such "representation", then "representation" is in effect just a manifestation of the conflict between the fans of this, that, or the other sportsball team. A (potentially deadly) game with serious and significant consequences, to be sure - but still just a game (complete with trick plays, cheating, etc.).
The mechanisms of governance should never be geared to "representing" people. They should be geared to leaving them alone (and punishing those who don't). Liberty is impossible so long as it is expected to be implemented via any kind of "representation". Liberty and "representation" are in inverse relation to one another - the more one is "represented", the less agency one possesses . (Add competing and mutually incompatible & irreconcilable "representatives" to the mix - et voilà, "muh democracy"!)
IOW: People need to stop pining for more or better "representation" (whether by Trump, or RFK Jr., or whomever) , and start asserting their own agency (by noncompliance, passive & active resistance, etc.).
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