• Wilzax@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Too complicated for 90% of voters to comprehend.

    They saw: Democrat president made my groceries more expensive

    They heard: Democrat replacement will do things around the same as they used to be. Republican guy is going to do things VERY differently.

    And the herd mentality took over past that point

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      4 hours ago

      Drag will amend drag’s question.

      You seriously thought a fascist dictatorship was an alternative not worth preventing?

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        2 hours ago

        Your point’s ok, but your habit of speaking about yourself in the third person is really grating and it comes across as snobby.

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            🙄 Proceeds to talk in some weird third-person adjacent way of referring to themselves. Shut up dude.

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              It’s just a gimmick account with a silly style to amuse themself, who gives a shit? Just ignore it and move on…

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    I mean okay. That’s kind of not how people work. You can hate it, but it’s just not how people work. I thought y’all had learned that by now.

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    5 hours ago

    Me: About to buy my first home.

    Also me: Trump is going to be president??? Fuuuuuuck. May as well just light this big pile of money on fire!

    Aw hell…doesn’t matter anyways. Pennies don’t melt…

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      Eh.

      We’ve had it since 1919 in Australia, yet we still have the same two parties right and righter.

      RCV alone is not the answer.

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        That’s because Australia has a system like the US electoral college, but even more granular.

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        You’re right. Most people will still vote for the primary candidates, but in an election like this past one where we could have had Harris and a white man on the Dem ticket, RCV could have swung the vote blue.

        And no, alone it will not fix the problems, but it’s a key change. Yall have around 20% of offices held by third party or independent. US has none or close to none.

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    More people voted for the candidate I don’t like than the one I do. Democracy is broken. /s

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      Drag thinks you’ve misunderstood the argument here. Drag isn’t claiming American democracy is already over. Drag is claiming it will be over next year when Trump implements Project 2025.

      WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Christians on Friday that if they vote for him this November, “in four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.”

      Trump said: "Christians, get out and vote, just this time. “You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.”
      He added: “I love you Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again, we’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote,” Trump said.