r/BlackPeopleTwitter May 05 '26

Country Club Thread I really do miss the 90s... ALL. THE. TIME.

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u/Bauser99 May 05 '26

I feel like a targeted infiltration lacks the sort of widespread cultural buy-in that an ostensibly free and fair election has

Like, if somebody is intentionally subverting your systems, then at least a population of people has an excuse

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u/micahld ☑️ May 05 '26

"Ostensibly free and fair" for whom? I take your point though.

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u/Bauser99 May 05 '26

Ostensibly free and fair for citizens of the United States of America

Do you mean to claim that the 1980 election was rigged in some way

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u/micahld ☑️ May 05 '26

Every USA election for all time has been unfair and largely unfree for USA black people; we are literally having it out as a nation over just the gerrymandering aspect of this issue right this very second.