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Re:The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple U... by mulmen on Saturday October 04, 2025 @05:48PM (#45477020)
What a sad and hopeless take. Gerrymandering is as fixable as any other problem. What makes you believe violent revolution will create a better outcome than what the last violent revolution created?

> What exactly can ordinary people do that is effective at reigning in autocracts?

Vote for someone better. Get involved in the political process. Stop acting defeated.

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Re:The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple U... by jiggawatts on Saturday October 04, 2025 @06:31PM (#45477320)
> Gerrymandering is as fixable as any other problem.

Can you link some historical examples of gerrymandering being fixed, where there wasn’t a violent revolution or something similar “wiping the slate clean”?

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Re:The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple U... by mulmen on Saturday October 04, 2025 @08:43PM (#45477999)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering_in_the_United_S... is a good start. I'm sure you can find specific examples if you go looking.

All of these remedies were put in place through peaceful democratic processes as were solutions to countless other problems.

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