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[–] 128 points 11 months ago (16 children)

Theres that fucking 37-38% again who are beyond redemption.

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago (11 children)

    The sooner more people realize that percentage is a lost cause the sooner we can start moving forward. That percentage will follow everyone else eventually. That's what they do. They are not leaders.

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  • [–] -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

    Yeah? How do you suppose we go about taking away their right to vote? Last time I checked, that's not going to happen. Nor should it. Yet, here we are.

    They're a symptom of the education nightmare, of disingenuous "news" media, poverty, social media echo chambers, and a cadre of other factors. Think any of those things are going away soon either?

    The sooner we all realize that this country needs a reset, the sooner we can move forward.

    Edit: people are taking my first paragraph too literally. The point is that they cannot be ignored. Also, I literally say it should not happen.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    You don't need to take away their right to vote, just give a fair and proportionate voting power, which is a hell of a lot less than the voting power they have now.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    It has nothing to do with how 30% vote. We already know how they vote. It's about everyone else getting on the same page. It's about priorities.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You don't have to rake it away, just make it irrelevant. They only have so much power now because First Past the Post voting systems don't need anywhere near a majority, just a little more than everyone else. So with as few as 3 candidates you could win with only 34% of the vote.

    Switching to an actually representative election style like ranked choice voting means the outliers are represented more accurately instead of getting an oversized platform their size doesn't warrant.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    I don’t get why you are downvoted?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    When Lemmy dog piles, it's contagious. I don't know why it happens sometimes.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I kinda wish votes were displayed at the bottom of a comment instead of the top so people actually have to read the comment before voting instead of just bandwagoning.

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