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    themeatbridge ,

    If we time it right, 300,000 motivated people could move every few years and elect progressive senators and governors in several deeply red states in the span of about 10 years. One billionaire could fund the entire endeavor, and improve the course of history.

    jackpot ,
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    probably two or three billionaires

    themeatbridge ,

    I suppose that depends on how much of the project is fully funded. Cost of living in Oklahoma for a year is just under $40k. If people have work from anywhere jobs and can find enough housing (because the increased demand will drive up prices).

    The best way to do it is to have everyone pay their own way. Create a foundation to provide relocation services, help find the real estate, help them find work from anywhere jobs, etc. You could probably get atared for a few hundred million dollars.

    jjjalljs ,

    This idea comes up a lot but like then you’d have to live in, like, Idaho.

    They have a good queer scene there? Music scenes? Food culture? Walkable cities?

    There’s also like the crap education system like this article goes over propublica.org/…/idaho-students-educators-show-us…

    There are a lot of reasons not to live in these places, and a small migration of people isn’t going to fix it

    themeatbridge ,

    The point is not to fix them. The point is to reduce their disproportionately large influence on national politics. Two Senators from Idaho could do a lot of good.

    I wouldn’t want to live there, either. I certainly wouldn’t move my family. It would need to be people without kids, without major medical problems, and without attachments that could live like nomads, going where the votes are needed.

    Seasm0ke ,

    Seems like abolishing the electoral college is an easier route

    themeatbridge ,

    You don’t get election reform with status quo.

    audiomodder ,

    I mean, they already are…

    Neato ,
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    That's a lot of people you need to convince to move to shit hole states.

    CosmicTurtle ,

    This won’t happen for one simple reason: gerrymandering.

    A second close reason: election fraud

    If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.

    Texas and Georgia I believe have passed laws that give the secretary of state final certification powers for elections, meaning if they “believe” there was fraud, they can throw out the results and simply say who one. Not have a new election. Just…ignore the results.

    Conservatives only care about democracy so long as it works for them and studies have shown it doesn’t so they need to restrict voters and draw their lines so that they stay in power.

    The moment that democracy fails them completely, they will no longer have elections.

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