nailingjello

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[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

Text for the lazy.

Duverger's Law

In political science, Duverger’s law holds that single-ballot plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system.

Duverger’s law is the reason why U.S. voters select one of the two leading candidates when voting tactically, even if a third-party candidate would better represent their interests. This behavior arises out to fear of vote splitting

One consequence of Duverger’s law is that you can improve the viability of third-party candidates by changing the voting system. For example, Approval voting is more resistant to vote splitting and therefore more conducive to third-party candidates.

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems like he deserved it.

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Much appreciated

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If no one has claimed Injustice 2, I'd be interested. Thank you for doing this.

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Be sure to flip this out at your local diner. Bonus points if you hand the waiter back their butter knife back first.

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As someone who gravitates towards irreverent Christmas songs and considers themselves at least a casual Monty Python fan, I'm sad that I had never come across this song until now. Adding it to my collection. Thanks for posting.

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Based on their comment above I asked if the following assumptions were correct. They appeared to confirm them:

It sounds like you are saying that if a drunk cyclist hits a pedestrian, it's impossible for the pedestrian to get injured.

Or if that same cyclist weaves out in to the street, a car that hits them cannot be damaged (and the driver of the car won't be held liable even though cyclists pretty much always have the right of way vs. cars).

Are you saying there are recorded facts that agree with their assumptions? Could you please provide a source?

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