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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That assumes they're adjusting based on votes, and I don't think they are. I think they chasing the window of public discourse on social issues (which is largely fabricated to start with) and moving as far right as they think they can get away with on governance

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

if the votes don't matter our society should just get more extreme in both directions and not one, unless the votes only matter for either the left or the right in which case voting would either benefit the left or weaken the right