They are not. We have maybe the worst political system in the developed world, one that makes an unrepresentative sliver of voters with no principles who aren't really paying attention decisive. Every few months, they get profiled like a set of jangling keys and folks want to throw democracy away.
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new york times voter interviews are a powerful argument that not everybody should be allowed to vote
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First off, a bunch of the boring political system is what makes us a two party system.
Secondly, presidential systems and first past the post single member districts are bad, the senate is worse. The courts are even worse. This is a bad system.
Still funny how democracy’s flaw is letting the 70% who mow lawns and raise kids vote—instead of leaving it to the terminally online priesthood of scolds.
Then they kill and deport the opposition and keep winning
Except Canada 🇨🇦
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Ironically people call that learning the hard way.
https://bsky.app/profile/bobbylewis.bsky.social/post/3lnxltv77jk2j
They’re creating propaganda.
If they wanted to inform us, they would not publish results from focus groups moderated by Fred Luntz.
None of that changed the fact that this data has no value and it’s journalistic malpractice to print it.
yes. some people have bad ideas. MANY people have bad ideas. But believing in self-governance requires convincing others that your ideas are best and reflecting when you lose. not throwing out the whole thing
So whoever pays more for brainwashing wins
This wouldn’t be perfect but simply making the popular vote winner the President would fix so much. Second & third order effects would be huge.
Turnout and a disengaged populace are things the system works actively to ensure. But a national popular vote for President would change second and third order things down the line.
HL Mencken
I feel like we're getting it good and hard right now.
That kind of approach will simply set up reactance.