nxfsi

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[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ah I see. That's like the biggest mistake that any politician can make ever, especially because it has international consequences.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guy's Finnish. The chances of him being actually communist are pretty much zero.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

A fascist once said that all power comes from the barrel of a gun. That's why they want to ~~ban guns~~ make sure only the police have guns.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wait, jurors identities were public before that?

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (15 children)

States with more diversity of opinion have more say. Seems reasonable to me.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Pure popular vote = only large population centers matter because most of the people live there, meaning politicians can safely ignore rural areas that provide all of the food to the cities because they don't matter votes-wise. Terrible idea for a large country that doesn't (net) import its food. This also ignores the fact that stupid, easily manipulated people are also allowed to vote.

Electoral college = rural areas have a disproportionately large voice as they should, but large cities are now neglected. Rural votes are also easily influenced by bad actors, like how China is trying to buy African votes to have a bigger say in the UN.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I could also make a reasonable case that election strategies would have changed to more populist stances to accommodate for that.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nigerian wage slaves, you mean

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
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