Star Trek isn't realistic because the invention of the Holodock would've caused civilizational collapse in one generation
The Electoral College as practiced today has almost no resemblance to the Electoral College as designed by the Founders. So if someone is big on following the Founders' intent, they should be calling for a radical reformation of the Electoral College, not defending the modern wreckage of it.
Didn't covid habituate a bunch of people away from in-person voting? Are we really back to the pre-covid mix of early/mail-in votes vs day-of votes? That shift to mail-in voting adds a lot of manual processing time.
There’s just one unorganized militia - the amorphous body of fighting-age men. In contrast, a group of people who muster and drill together and have their own chain of command are an organized militia. They can’t hide behind the concept of the unorganized militia.
Alaska passed ranked choice voting as a ballot initiative, bypassing the parties
Revealing classified information isn’t protected speech. Nevertheless the examples given in the article weren’t secrets - the examples were (among other things) supporting Trump and anti-trans rhetoric. Maybe the govt had a mix of good reasons and bad reasons; the bad reasons might sink them.
A government official admits to taking adverse action against his company based in part on his political speech. Even if they come up with a better post hoc legal rationale, they’re still on record describing their actual motive as a response to his political speech. Total self-goal.
I don't think that's what he means by "Civilization" here (or "our").
Another avenue is to press for structural reform, such as ranked-choice voting and against gerrymandering, so as to change the incentive structure that drives current outcomes.