silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoYou can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square241linkfedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1external-linkYou can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.www.motherjones.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square241linkfedilink
minus-squarejonnelinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down13·9 months agoIn the US system it doesn’t matter how you vote except in like 7 states.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·9 months agoWell, that wouldn’t be true if everyone voted, but it does bring up the point that winner take all is just a bad representative system.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoThere is no such thing as a good “representative” system.
minus-squareWraithGear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoBut there are far far better systems.
In the US system it doesn’t matter how you vote except in like 7 states.
Well, that wouldn’t be true if everyone voted, but it does bring up the point that winner take all is just a bad representative system.
There is no such thing as a good “representative” system.
But there are far far better systems.