All the gerrymandering going on right now is obviously very bad and racist and I don’t want to down play it, but I do think it’s important to remember that gerrymandering can only do so much when it comes to determining the outcome of an election and that what ultimately matters is how people are voting. It doesn’t matter how fucked the districts are if most of the people voting in them vote against the republicans anyway, so while we have to worry about procedural rigging and crappy legal issues, focusing on getting as many people voting for you as possible will ultimately allow you to overcome those hurdles or at least make it living hell for the people who get into power through these underhanded techniques. This does require the democrats or whoever else to run decent candidates who are committed to supporting the working class and who really care about helping and representing their constituents, but it can be done and will ultimately matter more than any procedural hurdle ever could.