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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That’s the awesome part about democracy: you get one of two shitty choices.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

*American "democracy".

[–] Catpurple@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Other countries don't have this problem, most picked other voting forms than "first past the post", which over time destroyed our ability to have more than two actual serious political parties. So both those parties get overtaken by ethically dubious people, overtly for the entire republican party, and subtly with the establishment democrats, and it all collapses.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yes but we don’t live in other countries. We live in the stupid one.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Other countries don't have this problem

Have you seen the recent elections in Germany, Poland or France? Literally the entire western world is at risk of fascism. The problem isn't "first past the post", the problem is capitalism.