In the nearly 232-year history of the US Senate only 11 senators were Black

Re:In the nearly 232-year history of the US Senate only 11 s... by RyanAdamas on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:21AM (#36905791)

Poo pooing more representation is an odd stance. Especially because of.... money? This country has never stopped spending money no matter how much austerity is discussed. We do have a bureaucracy problem and that begins with the unions and ends with greater oversight from more accountable representatives.

>Randomly chosen

How long before that gets hijacked? Nothing is random and gaming random chance systems is a specialty of a whole group of industry con-artists.

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Re:In the nearly 232-year history of the US Senate only 11 s... by credit_guy on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:41AM (#36905972)

> Nothing is random

As far as I know jury duty is by random selection, and it's one of the fundamental building blocks of our democracy, and in my opinion it's a well functioning one.

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Re:In the nearly 232-year history of the US Senate only 11 s... by bombcar on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:48AM (#36906035)

It’s quasi-random - never register to vote and you’ll probably never be called.

And as the joke goes, you’ll be judged by a jury of people who couldn’t get out of jury duty.

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