SubArcticTundra

joined 1 year ago
[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah what is it with 2023 and enshittification? This has been such a bad year in general

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

They only grow if you feed them. The food gets transformed into more baby.

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed. The best thing is, only one state needs to adopt proportional representation for sending reps to Congress for it to have an impact. Even a small new party with a dozen seats is likely to be a tie breaker.

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's because the election system is First Past the Post. If they changed it to Ranked Choice Voting, all candidates from both primaries (plus independents) could run in the election and it would be up to the public to decide which of them is best, with their vote going to a fallback candidate if their favourite doesn't win.

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The US sorely needs at least one state to adopt PR for sending Representatives to Washington.

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Very well argued. This is quite unrelated but just out of interest, how realistic do you see constitutional reform in the US? Because to me as an outsider, that seems to me to be what US politics sorely needs rn. Is there appetite for it among the electorate? Among the Dems? Could it be conceivably carried out?

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

neither Trump or Biden

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Oh no, what a shame! I bet HP are so sorry to be sending that notification and wish they could hide it

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

They own the site, in the eyes of the law, they can do whatever the hell they want

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Can you lose a game without knowing the rules if losing is one of the rules? I must be losing so many games right now

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who even eats cake

[–] SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This diagram has opened my eyes to a whole new way of seeing the world.

 
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