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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

If you only compare democrats to republicans, every Democrat is going to look amazing.

Like comparing a large McDonalds combo meal to a literal shit sandwich.

I'll always take some Mickey D's in that choice. Even though it's probably been a decade since I've actually ate that trash.

But if those are my only two options for every meal, I know on a long enough timeline the McDonald's is going to kill me. Eventually I got to start asking why my only options are something bad for me and something that's drastically worse for me.

I just want a fucking salad for once. Like, let's just give it a chance, see how it works out.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's because if too many people ask for salads without enough asking for a salad, then everyone has to eat the shit.

So are you confident enough that enough people want salads to risk eating shit if you're wrong, when the alternative is one more burger?

Point being, we need to move to some type of ranked choice voting instead of first past the post in order for it to be safe for people to say what they really want, and still not risk "horror" if not enough people agree.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What and you think that's just gonna happen? Why would the Dems ever want to implement ranked choice voting when FPTP is exactly what keeps you in this ridiculous situation?

Just keep voting for Dems, that's how we'll eventually reform the system into one where we don't have to vote for Dems... Yeah

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It sounds like someone's ordering shit for dinner

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They're also ordering shit for the rest of us too.

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