Message from @Poppy Rider
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Especialy when public money are involved
The core problem with term limits is that it creates a political class
Incumbency doesn't just happen because someone's doing a good job
I'd also institute Single Transferrable Vote, if people want to keep the districts.
It happens in large part due to apathy.
And the lack of viable third parties is due to the fact that the first-past-the-post voting system used actively works against the growth of said third parties.
Mmhmm
The way it works, not voting for a republican or democrat is essentially a vote for the other party
Yep
Exactly.
And actually swapping parties is two votes for that party.
Two party system sucks
The only way a third party can be viable is if they manage to, on their very first go, manage to win.
it *can* happen
but yeah
Yeah it kind of did happen in gb
@Somi to prevent a government position being seen as a reward maybe we should stick 'em in a barracks and feed them only cafeteria food.
With liberal Democrats
At one point
And in that case, they'd simply replace either of the two original parties in the long term.
I ahte this line of arguement that a vote for a third is vote for the other. How do you think the UK got their Brexit ref? It was coz of the growth in votes for UKIP. Everyone that voted for them knew they would never win but the message was sent. Politics is a long game.
It's simply a matter of fact that that's the case, Poppy.
It is, in the US.
It's called the spoiler effect, look it up. It's a problem inherent to the first-past-the-post voting system.
Yup.
Here, CGP Grey did a video about the problems with the system
good ol' CGP
Well in us
You have bernie and progressive wave comming
I'm not certain we do.
I wonder how big splash it will make in the end
Participation in Republican primaries absolutely swept away democrat participation in most areas
RyeCast, I wouldn't underestimate the JD
JD?
Justice Democrats.
ugh, that's a doublespeak name if ever I've seen one.
Lol
Agreed
But i would not underestimate them
thank Kyle Kulinskie for it. Super hero movies were big at the time 😉