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> pizzagate Both parties and beyond, everyone must stop the partisan squabbling. No, I don't care about the psyop you read on reddit.
by atatatat 5y ago
> pizzagate
Both parties and beyond, everyone must stop the partisan squabbling.
No, I don't care about the psyop you read on reddit.
- pjc50 5y agoI was using it as an example of a conspiracy theory. > Both parties and beyond, everyone must stop the partisan squabbling Prisoner's dilemma: the first person to stop being partisan loses. And demonstrably hyper-partisanship is working for at least one party.
- atatatat 5y agoNon D or R here: I'm the prisoner. I'm losing. You all suck. Abolish First Past the Post.
- pjc50 5y ago> Abolish First Past the Post I'm not even in the same prison, I'm a Brit, and I strongly agree with this. I actually get to vote in a non-FPTP election as well and, surprise surprise, it produces much better results.
- refurb 5y agoReally? San Francisco ended up with a relatively unknown hack as District Attorney due to a ranked choice system. Seems like just trade one problem for another.
- atatatat 5y agoIf the "problem" is "people actually have to pay attention to their governance", then...?
- refurb 5y agoHuh? That’s true either way. The issue with the ranked choice was the rules, the runoff resulted in some random person with fewer votes winning.
- rhizome 5y agoChesa Boudin isn't a hack.
- int_19h 5y agoBy definition, the "relatively unknown hack" in question was preferred to all the alternatives by the majority of the voters, so what's the problem?