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The Grits, Tories, and media companies in Toronto are all lizard people, but they’re much easier for Canadians like me to bully via ballot box than the lizard p

The Grits, Tories, and media companies in Toronto are all lizard people, but they’re much easier for Canadians like me to bully via ballot box than the lizard people running Meta. (edit: as an aside, I just want to clarify that when I write “lizard people”, I mean to suggest politicians and corporate leadership acting out of self-interest rather than implying a bigoted conspiracy theory. I realized this could come off as anti-semetic in 2023; sorry if that landed poorly for anyone)

zlg_codes 3y ago
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asvitkine 3y ago
The Canadian ballot box isn't super effective though, since there's not really much competition for the Liberals given they cover the center pretty well and many people don't align with the Conservatives and NDP hasn't been very viable...
- bradbeattie 3y ago
  Is it any wonder then that the Liberals dragged their heels on the 2015 campaign promise of electoral reform? As part of the process, the parliamentary committee released a survey asking questions like * Independent candidates should be able to be elected to Parliament * The current electoral system adequately reflects voters' intentions * Seats should be allocated in proportion to the percentage of votes received by each political party * Voters should elect local candidates to represent them in Parliament * The current electoral system should be changed When the committee concluded with https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/ERRE/Reports/RP8655791/errerp03/errerp03-e.pdf https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/ERRE/Reports..., recommending that Canada adopt proportional representation, the Liberal Party responds with their own survey, asking questions like * There should be parties in Parliament that represent the views of all Canadians, even if some are radical or extreme. * Governments should have to negotiate their policy decisions with other parties in Parliament, even if it is less clear who is accountable for the resulting policy. * It is better for several parties to have to govern together than for one party to make all the decisions in government, even if it takes longer for government to get things done. Yeah...
thsksbd 3y ago
You'd have more representation buying a single meta stock than a lifetime of voting in Canadian elections. I cant think of any western country with a more (effectively) non linear response of seats vs. vote share than Canada.
themitigating 3y ago
Maybe it's best to not call them "lizard people" as that's now conspiracy theory on right. If I saw someone on HN call a government official a lizard person I seriously wouldn't know if they were being literal

zlg_codes 3y ago

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asvitkine 3y ago

The Canadian ballot box isn't super effective though, since there's not really much competition for the Liberals given they cover the center pretty well and many people don't align with the Conservatives and NDP hasn't been very viable...

bradbeattie 3y ago
Is it any wonder then that the Liberals dragged their heels on the 2015 campaign promise of electoral reform? As part of the process, the parliamentary committee released a survey asking questions like * Independent candidates should be able to be elected to Parliament * The current electoral system adequately reflects voters' intentions * Seats should be allocated in proportion to the percentage of votes received by each political party * Voters should elect local candidates to represent them in Parliament * The current electoral system should be changed When the committee concluded with https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/ERRE/Reports/RP8655791/errerp03/errerp03-e.pdf https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/ERRE/Reports..., recommending that Canada adopt proportional representation, the Liberal Party responds with their own survey, asking questions like * There should be parties in Parliament that represent the views of all Canadians, even if some are radical or extreme. * Governments should have to negotiate their policy decisions with other parties in Parliament, even if it is less clear who is accountable for the resulting policy. * It is better for several parties to have to govern together than for one party to make all the decisions in government, even if it takes longer for government to get things done. Yeah...

thsksbd 3y ago

You'd have more representation buying a single meta stock than a lifetime of voting in Canadian elections. I cant think of any western country with a more (effectively) non linear response of seats vs. vote share than Canada.

themitigating 3y ago

Maybe it's best to not call them "lizard people" as that's now conspiracy theory on right. If I saw someone on HN call a government official a lizard person I seriously wouldn't know if they were being literal