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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I didn't vote in the primary, because I'm not American.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

yes, obviously. but the point stands: there wasn't just two candidates, and you don't know what you're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I understand what you are trying to say. Ultimately, there are only two to vote for. Ideally, there should be more than two parties, and more than two candidates. That's how democracies work. What you have is a dysfunctional system that divides people in two groups, and there are no incentives to cooperate between parties. Proper voting is also suffering due to the two-party system.

https://youtu.be/yhO6jfHPFQU

In my country, the parties with the majority of votes and the ability to cooperate gets to form a government. We also try to make it easy to get people to vote, insted of your system of gerrymandering.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

there are 6 parties, but only two of the six are large ones at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes I know, but the voting system favours the two largest. Thats why they are large. Small parties have 0% chance og getting representatives into the houses, so they are basically irrelevant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

just as long as you know you're wrong. 👍

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Yes, it's important to defend the only thing you know, even how bad it might be. 😄