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> The problem is that people keep voting for politicians who abuse that power and use it in ways that it was never meant for. How can we not when all of our op
by vonmoltke 7y ago
> The problem is that people keep voting for politicians who abuse that power and use it in ways that it was never meant for.
How can we not when all of our options are going to do that, just in different ways?
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- mcv 7y agoWhat the US really needs is more than two options. The problem is that the first-past-the-post district system ensures you can't really have more than two viable parties. A different electoral system would give voters more options. Sadly, changing the electoral system has to be done by the parties that benefit from the current system, or the voters have to miraculously all decide to vote for the same third-party option.
- vonmoltke 7y agoAbsolutely. It's made worse by the two anointed parties being enshrined in state laws that provide special privileges and benefits to them and their candidates.
- Nasrudith 7y agoThat isn't the sin so much as voting for ones who do again. And even then that has the defense of being a systematic issue resulting from incentives and systems of people. Given an incumbent advantage voting for a known lesser lower abuse of power in spite of professed stance against it may be preferred strategically to the a worse opposition who calls the abuse not far enough (WO or extra bad opposition for short). Primarying them would disadvantage them against the WO in exchange for potential getting someone who actually keeps the promise. A nasty resulting trap in the service of the status quo. The main answer for how not is pressure to reform the electoral system which unfortunately requires a critical mass of support and fervor for an abstract issue.