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Every time the contemporary Left loses a partisan battle, it blames the system. If it’s not the “structural disadvantages” or the “minority rule” or “undemocratic” institutions, it’s Jim Crow 2.0 or the “MAGA Supreme Court.” Get rid of the filibuster. Get rid of the Senate. Get rid of the Electoral College.