• HobbitFoot
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          66 months ago

          The American system of elections is old and it is apparent the Founding Fathers had no Idea as to how the game theory of elections would play out. Worse, they even picked a system of government that was more prone to a two party system than the United Kingdom due to the direct election of the Executive and the inbuilt separation of the Executive and Legislative branches.

          Israel, as genocidal as it is, has a system which encourages minor parties to get elected. There are 16 parties elected to the Knesset out of 120 total seats. However, Israel has a unicameral legislature, there are no individual districts or constituencies, and the legislature selects the head of government.

    • @djsoren19
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      106 months ago

      If your point is that the American system is fucked, we all know. We’ve known for decades. We’re trying to fix it, but progress is basically nonexistent, because every politician who is currently elected benefits from our fucked system. Trying to get to a parliamentary system, like most developed real democracies, is almost entirely out of reach. Just getting ranked choice voting is like pulling teeth, and we’ll have to create a brand new party to have politicians free from corporate interests.

      I will have to fight all my life to enact positive change in this country, all because a bunch of rich white assholes who came to power long before I was born have stolen my future from me. Don’t belittle us, mourn for us and never, ever repeat our mistakes.

      • @blazera@lemmy.world
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        -16 months ago

        We’re trying to fix it

        every politician who is currently elected benefits from our fucked system.

        Wild how electing politicians that benefit from the system hasnt fixed the system yet.

            • @Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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              26 months ago

              It’s also a legitimate request to be fair. I don’t really have time to explain the entire political situation of the US and why it’s not viable to change it through individual voting to this person, but they clearly don’t understand enough about it if they’re making silly remarks like this.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      26 months ago

      Its crazy how both parties are heavily invested in killing Palestinians.

      Also crazy how Democrats take no credit for persecuting BLM, despite the fact that Obama’s FBI was neck deep in that shit for two years before he left office.

      • @Tyfud@lemmy.world
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        Jesus, you’ve got some tired, made up bullshit without citations in this thread too just like the other one I saw your propaganda driving ass in, don’t you?

        Don’t play the fucking “both sides” shit here.

        The facts and truth of the matter, with quotes, documentation, video and audio evidence, is that trump and high ranking members of the GOP are 100% on board with genociding Palestine. They’re encouraging Bibi to go further, not stop/slow like Biden’s been doing.

        There’s no world we live in where electing anyone in the GOP, or worst of all, some fuckhead like trump; will make the situation for the Palestinians any better. It will absolutely make it worse for them for significantly longer than it would with a democratic majority/presidency.

        Go ahead and get me a list of trump quotes, or any quotes from the GOP that have them talking Israel down from their genocide instead of doubling, tripling, or quadrupling down on backing what Israel is doing today.

        FFS man, there’s even a fucking top GOP Senator that’s seriously suggesting that Israel nuke Palestine. And that’s just the low hanging fruit that’s out there. There’s dozens and dozens of quotes from members of the GOP calling for genocide using those exact words, saying Israel isn’t going far enough.

        So get the fuck out of here with your “both sides” rhetoric and bullshit.