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> The CFTC argues that allowing betting on political events could "commoditize and degrade the integrity of the uniquely American experience of participating in
by dgfitz 2y ago
> The CFTC argues that allowing betting on political events could "commoditize and degrade the integrity of the uniquely American experience of participating in the democratic electoral process."
I’m wondering why voting is considered a uniquely American experience.
I also read somewhere, and I’m too lazy to link it, that books on the American election process have existed since the late 1800s. It’s been wrong 3 times in reference to the presidential winner. Once was recently.
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- creaturemachine 2y agoAs an outsider looking in, it certainly is unique. Uniquely broken.
- mrguyorama 2y agoBut it's not. It's broken in exactly the way you would expect with two basically enshrined parties, FPTP races, low primary turnout, and zero regulation on money in campaigns. Any other country that built their system this way would likely have similar issues.
- fsckboy 2y ago>I’m wondering why voting is considered a uniquely American experience. America is the world's oldest democracy, so in the earlier days of the republic it was uniquely American. That's where a lot of the American national pride about elections comes from and I think the CFTC was conflating the rhetoric. Europeans hate American national pride, so that's where a lot of the sniping comes from. (Europeans also snipe at each other, so they're not to be taken too seriously)