Who knows if Cybertron has districts in the first place? We don't even know if they're elected to be Senators. For all we know, they were appointed to their seats by some other body. This is why I keep saying you can't just assume their government is set up like ours. But even if they have some equivalent to districts, it wouldn't make sense for them to cross into other city-states, anymore then it would for a district of one state to cross into another state.Dominic wrote:Who knows how Cybertronian districts are drawn?
That's nice. But all we know at this point is that they believe in this one cause that Megatron is supporting. It doesn't mean the Ascenticons are supporting Megatron.And, it is not unheard of for Senators or Reps to draw support (financial and otherwise) from out of a district. Most of the campaigning I have done above municipal has been out of district. And, I personally know people who have travelled out of state to campaign. It is not hard to assume that Megatron would draw rowdy supporters are from out of his district,
Are these DSA members marching in the streets for a cause? Because I'm still not seeing a correlation here...I regularly see DSA members (who are often rowdy twits) evoke Che Guevara (a dead guy from another country). And, those same people after to attach themselves to actual campaigns. And, we have seen candidates from both parties show reluctance to call out rowdy and violent elements among their supporters (especially when those rowdy elements over-lap with their base). When sitting officials say that a country's system is "irredeemable", or when then make oblique hints that tacitly endorse violence from supporters, they are embracing those elements.
None of what Megatron is shown to be doing is much beyond comprehension. (If anything, it is uncomfortably easy to comprehend.)
It's not beyond comprehension for Megatron to have 'rowdy' followers, but that still doesn't mean his indifference is an endorsement or embrace of their violence.
Not necessarily. For all we know, Megatron is the only Senator supporting the cause, in which case the 'Ascenticons' might just see him as a means to an end........to support a Senator who is sympathetic to their ideology, and would welcome their support (political or Clausewtizian).