blinx615

joined 5 days ago
[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Our electoral system is trash, designed in a way that disproportionately favors groups willing to compromise and coalesce behind a single candidate. If we split the vote by voting our conscience while the "other side" consolidates behind a single candidate, we're at a serious disadvantage. The core issue is how the public is ignorant, or worse, misinformed and confident (made easier by ignorance). This is a failure of our education system, a system that's been declining for decades. Not a lot I can do, I was born into this.

As just one cog in the machine, my power is limited. If I see a close race between two candidates, with others trailing far behind, I'm compelled to compromise for what I believe is the better outcome. If you prioritize supporting a third party, or if you genuinely see both leading candidates as equally shit, then by all means, vote third party. We all have our priorities. However, I do resent being judged for making pragmatic compromises to cause some change, as mild as it may be.

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Also... You have to hide a body for this to work. Seems like a high bar to clear

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

LMAO stupid

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

More of this low effort trash, gtfo

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Of course there are. And if you want your vote to be useless, you can vote for them.

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (7 children)

You have failed to make any effort at explaining yourself so Idk why I should.

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Gonna need microscopes for that

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Does that include 3d printers? jfc

... does the research no

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

More instances. Should make it super easy to roll your own. Lots of small instances just takes me back to 00s message boards, it was a good time.

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

You decrease the value of your vote when you write in yourself every time. Do you really have to agree with 100% of what anyone says? I'd have to write myself in if that was true.

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