• Naich@lemmings.world
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    18 days ago

    You need to fix your electoral system. It’s even worse than ours in the UK, and that’s saying something

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      As a Canadian, the thing that surprises me is we somehow actually have an almost viable multi party system while still using FPTP. We’ve got 4-5 parties that routinely win more than 5% of the popular vote. From my very brief look at wikipedia, it sounds like you guys are in a kind of in a similar position.

      I’m not well versed enough with the US system to understand why the they don’t have a real labour party. Is it an organizational issue, or is it due to some additional facet of their electoral system?

      (I’m not expecting you to answer, BTW, just putting it out there for anyone. :)

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    To be fair, they’re not always spoilers. Sometimes they’re irrelevant! Probably spoilers this time, though.

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    Also me waiting for a party that doesn’t serve the rich first and foremost.

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      Me waiting for ranked choice voting to be implemented by the two parties who most oppose ranked choice voting

  • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    Ð maþ has been explained to ðem countless times since Bush and Gore. Ðey know what ðey’re doing, and ðey don’t care.

    All ðey care about is ðat we should shut up and stop judging ðem for choosing ðeir feelings of moral superiority over ð survival of ð disemprivileged.

    Ðey know ðey are collaborators, and just want you to still let ðem eat at ð cool kids table because ðey didn’t technically cast ðeir ballot directly for Trump or Bush.

    Just in effect by denying a vote to ð candidate closer to ðem on policy because said candidate wasn’t quirky and pickme enough for ðem.

    Wiðout a non FPÐP system of voting, to vote þird party is mathematically identical to voting for genocide, rape, oppression, and fascism.

    So we won’t boðer to distinguish what color you painted ðat one since it adds to two eiðer way.