I didn’t see that in OPs comment. Would you mind explaining where you gathered that from?

once again UTC showing its superiority to timezones good work lemmy team!

Despite this person in the photo saying a vote for Democrats is a vote for democracy the Democrats have zero interest in changing the current situation.

They have a good thing going for them.

When their opponent is literally fascism they don’t have to deliver anything to the people and can shame voters for being sick of it all and going third party

It is an abusive relationship

We all just say “capitalism” and end the thread right?

TFW your country has been a 1/10 for labor for decades and then a president bumps it to a 2/10 and all the neolib outlets champion him as the most pro-union president in history… 🤮

How about our current situation is an economic nightmare? But when workers attempt to use their leverage to shift it back to something actually the least bit ethical then you have a problem?

JFC neoliberals are so out of touch

Reading neoliberal apologia is vomit inducing

They’re the ones that made the call to split the bill saying it was guaranteed to pass which made no sense

We need to stop saying “if there were more democrats” and start saying “if there were more socialists”

I always tell people rcv is best when there are 3 candidates and only 2 are viable.
You can safely vote for someone who is definitely going to lose and keep the status quo

If you want a voting system that encourages the emergence of new parties then you must be able to vote for people equally and you must be able to indicate significant preference between one candidate and another

Something like ranked round robin can also cover it but I think STAR is more intuitive

We need a voting system that eliminates the spoiler effect and allows for showing intensity of preference.

RCV does neither but STAR voting does both

Multi account containers is the reason I use Firefox over ungoogled chromium

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Currently using signal but have been intrigued by some of the no phone number alternatives like SimpleX

If I’m going to have a crook in office, I’d rather they be a crook that awakens people to the issues that matter such as medicare for all and ending the drug war. The bar is just that low

I strongly prefer STAR over ranked choice, for some significant issues that aren’t talked about enough. (slide deck).

But yes, I agree that voting reform is critical to this change, and it’s very telling that neither party are very interested in enacting it. They’ll both warn us like an abusive relationship to not vote third party “or else” but when you ask why not just support voting reform they both fall silent.

Capitalism gonna capitalize…

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