• cheesebag@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    alter the system so the repubs can’t win

    You’re framing this like democrats want to rig the system against the GOP. The truth is that Dems want to institute democratic reforms that strengthen the voting power of average Americans.

    Will that create a system where Republicans can’t win? Probably, and good riddance. If they want to win, they need to have actually popular policies. That’s how democracy works.

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        9 months ago

        If they want to win, they need to have actually popular policies.

        ☝️ The GOP values & strategy have changed over time. They would probably still exist as a party, but they would need to change their approach. Today’s GOP is not the party of Lincoln.

        Speaking of which, you know that the Republicans didn’t always exist, right? But before them, it wasn’t just One-party rule by Democrats, the Whig party existed. A first-past -the-post voting system structurally incentivises two-party rule.