Indy doesn’t want them.

trump demanded redistricting from Texas and thought nobody would fight him. Newsom took up the charge with California. So now, it will be at least one by one that each of the states starts trying to jury rig their elections. I'm sitting here in Kansas, and have for years bitched about how my vote voice counts for nothing. We were gerrymandered twice in KcK, and once here in LV. I'm sick and tired of it. I'm a citizen, I vote every single election, I've worked since I was 15, and I've always paid my taxes. My voice counts or NO VOICE counts! I say strip all "Districts" at least where Federal elections are concerned. One person, one vote, and no damned electoral college treating us all like no nothing children.

Unfortunately the Repukes would LOVE to do just that, and if that happens the results won't be like anything you've imagined. So no, we can't open the door to writing a new Constitution, not now. We have to work within the structure that's already in place.

Convention for a number of decades, and frantically calling for it more than ever in the last 10 years.

AFAIC, I feel like the truth of that matter is gonna be we're going to HAVE to have some sort of convention or *something* because trump is not going to leave the current constitution intact enough to restart. And yes, both ideas scare the hell out of me. But we've already lost BASIC rights and privileges "guaranteed" by the Constitution, and no one is stopping him from wiping his butt with it every single day. We've lost not only the executive, but also the congressional and judicial systems. We can fight back if and when we can get a toehold, but lets just say I don't put as much faith in the civil disobedience and protests of my teen+ years as I once did.

Further, I think while repugs and magas are tearing everything down to their ankles we should completely rework what time of economy we have, and insure that's put into what ever we come up with for a Constitution. No more free market capitalism. There has to be some regulation of capitalism if that's what you want to make bank on. And I believe there should also be a set ratio between earned profits of workers and unearned profits of owners.

I think this makes me a Democratic Socialist, if I fit any box at all. I just know I would really love to see AOC and Bernie talk in person. I think it would do my soul good. Obviously, the politics of old is gone; we need to think about what kind of country we want to bring into manifestation, and imagine it on a constant basis. Think, refine, rethink and send that out to the Cosmos, backed up by whatever action we can take... whether that be protests, boycotting, or work stoppages... it's about time we started realizing we don't now (and probably never did) have the type of resilience of other nations like France, etc., when it comes to holding their leaders feet to the fire with massive protests and work stoppages.

Bernie Sanders is too close to retirement for anyone to believe that he's going to be the answer. (My main problem with Bernie was that he never joined our Party, but he felt entitled to scold us whenever he wanted to.) Our next leader needs to be someone in their 40s or 50s who has the right experience but also enough time to carry out their plans for the future.

It might be AOC, it might be Pete Buttigieg, or maybe somebody even younger. We need the next generation FDR who has the ideas, the vision and the leadership. There isn't time to develop a future leader out of college while they learn the ropes. We need someone who's ready NOW!

but we're so far from FDR in years and being taught about it, does anyone but this last boomer generation these days even remember what he stood for?

I don't fault Bernie for not joining the party. He still caucused with us, and was there when it counted. Even party members have failed in that accord at times. But yes, like the rest of us, he's too old to carry the nation. But what he's doing now is worth it all, and with all their agendas being packed to the gills, the democrats ought to not only be listening to what he's saying but how he's saying it. Maybe then they could get some of those "not so dumb" repugs to smarten up and vote outside the "R" box.

Indy and Gary. Shouldn't be too hard to split those 2 up amongst the rest of North Kentucky.