Patrick McLaughlinYes, yes, the Dems are inadequate.
But they’re not aggressively and maliciously monstrous.
And no, a third party has no chance of winning at this time and place.
And *monstrous* is the price of trying.
This isn’t complex, FFS.
Heather@McPatrick @StillIRise1963
In the US, if you want to apply pressure from the left, you run as or vote for a Democrat. Because we build our coalitions in advance. In multi-party systems, you don't always know who your elected representative will have to work with to establish a voting majority. It can get weird. FPTP has a lot of flaws, but at least it simplifies coalition building.
In the US, if you want to apply pressure from the left, you run as or vote for a Democrat. Because we build our coalitions in advance. In multi-party systems, you don't always know who your elected representative will have to work with to establish a voting majority. It can get weird. FPTP has a lot of flaws, but at least it simplifies coalition building.
ALL electoral democracy systems have serious-to-severe dysfunctionality. It’s not the democracy side, it’s the dynamics and realities of election systems.
william.maggos
Jo - pièce de résistance@McPatrick @Heather
Check out this thread on my pinned posts on sortition and some of my ideas on it. https://mastodon.social/@JoBlakely/110531598480099232
Check out this thread on my pinned posts on sortition and some of my ideas on it. https://mastodon.social/@JoBlakely/110531598480099232