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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 months ago

I feel like at least two of those aren't a voting issue as much as a scumbag-candidate issue.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A plurality voting rewards a certain amount of 'scumbagishness'. Under a better voting system, scumbags would be less likely to win.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I'm all for the system, despite its flaws. This 'would' stuff, though; how's that not magical thinking? Are we making a leap?

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Hate the player, and the game.

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago

Tell us you can't read without telling us you can't read.

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