Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW

Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by throwaway-blaze on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:32AM (#36916952)

WA does but Seattle does not. Worse, the one big city / region we have completely swamps the rest of the state politically so our "leaders" only ever get leftier and don't have a moderating influence from the other side.

It's worse in OR to the south (Portland)...it's so out of balance there that 11 rural counties voted to secede and join their eastern neighbor Idaho.

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by irrational on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:45AM (#36917032)

Why does there need to be a balance? Wyoming is considered the most Republican state. Do people there talk about there needing to be more balance?

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by denimnerd42 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:44AM (#36917298)

what people? no one lives there

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by irrational on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:10AM (#36920484)

This is a hypothetical, speaking as if Wyoming actually existed.

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by psunavy03 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:08AM (#36917409)

Because in both cases, there comes a point where the majority should not be able to trample on the minority, be they PacNW Republicans/conservatives or Wyoming Democrats/liberals.

Having 50.01 percent of the vote in either direction should get you strong influence with boundaries, not carte blanche to do whatever you want. The American system is deliberately designed so progressively bigger changes to the status quo require progressively bigger majorities, and certain options are completely off the table.

And this is for good reason. If you and I vehemently disagree, we should still be able to live as neighbors as long as neither of us is trying to violate the other's rights or force our views on the other.

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