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Accountability? Who the hell wanted either trump or biden in the last election? There is simply no choice because the political elites offered us this and we
by jokethrowaway 5y ago
Accountability?
Who the hell wanted either trump or biden in the last election?
There is simply no choice because the political elites offered us this and we need to vote our guy not to let the other guy win.
The game is rigged and your vote is not worth much.
When you're buying a product instead you're effecting real change and telling society you want more of that.
If only we could control law making in the same way we would have a decentralised society which better approximates what people want.
- spacemanmatt 5y ago> Who the hell wanted either trump or biden Let's just dismiss the millions of votes cast in 2020, then?
- and0 5y agoI think the point is that many had other preferences, but our two party (and FPTP voting) system doesn't address them. Who I voted for in 2016 and 2020 weren't nearly my first choices, and I think that's a fairly common experience. Ranked choice would show a lot more nuance in people's beliefs that US politics would have to address. I haven't looked into it in some time, though. It seemed to work where implemented in Europe.
- spacemanmatt 5y agoHey, always nice to hear from a fellow RP (ranked preference aka ranked choice) voting advocate. I think RP would be better, too. I estimated the PP was getting at a more conspiratorial notion of "other preferences" in the sense of both parties being equally bought out, etc.