I understand your position, but I have to say that I appreciate communities that are at least a bit curated.

Seeing the same three guys having a go at each other about the same barely on topic thing in every post is such a let down.

Plonk

Yawn.

This is just basic “undergrad pads word count” strategy.

If I were president I would shut the hell up about it while campaigning, then PARDON EVERYONE ON FEDERAL DEATH ROW FOR THE DURATION OF MY ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION and let the lawyers argue after 4 or 8 years whether resuming executions would have become “unusual punishment”.

Make me proud Kamala. You can do it.

I’m ok with both resigning over this.

Waiting for all the chuds who scolded me for “not listening to Muslim voters” when I argued exactly this to form an orderly queue and apologize one by one.

According to a poll I saw a while ago he’s MORE POPULAR THAN TAYLOR SWIFT.

I was not aware such a feat was possible.

He’s old.

But that stopped being an issue after Biden dropped out because democrats are shit at campaigning.

Both north DC and south DC ;)

If you can have two Dakotas and two Carolinas…

Also add two more states plz.

The people who claim that are campaigning for trump.

Some because they like him. Some because they are accelerationist motherfuckers that want to see the world burn. Some because they are useful idiots.

But they are all spreading lies in service of Trump.

It’s not really “established” becaue there isnt any formal body declaring what names different voting systems have.

That is the most pompous way to say “I have never heard of political science”.

Are you unclear about what recognition other demcracies give to parties, how there is no prize for 2nd place in America, or why that lack of such a prize gives rise to a two-party system?

This is the most pompous way to say “I am unaware that lots of countries on this planet have district based systems”.

1. it’s established terminology. I’m sure you have feelings about the term, but I’m not really invested in them either way.

2. I’m not sure what you are referring to

It didn’t, but this one did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQij4aQq1k

Thanks for the surprise J-Law early in the morning! I’m a big fan.

Many countries have first-past-the-post elections, and there usually we don’t see the mortal lock of the two major party like we see in the U.S.

In the UK for example there are regional parties (SNP, DUP, etc) and lib Dems/greens that win seats and send people to Westminster.

The main problem as far as I can see is that campaigning in the US is very expensive, and third parties have problems raising the cash needed to make a dent in elections for Congress, let alone statewide office.

To frame it in economic terms, it’s a market with a high barrier to entry that has evolved a duopoly. In that aspect it’s not too dissimilar to cable companies etc.

TLDR: Fuck citizens united

Look at that!

A few nights in French jail worked wonders.

… or they don’t really have the power to deliver their “base” vote anyway.

This press release stinks like one of those “I must discover where my people are going so that I can lead them” schticks.

That’s not how copyright works anywhere. Read the Berne convention.