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minus-squareRuthalas@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoRanked choice voting would certainly help.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoNo doubt, but it would require a huge effort across all fifty states and has already failed a bunch of times. I’ll be dead before we have ranked choice voting. And I’m not even that old.
minus-squarecool@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agoThis is the unfortunate reality. These problems do not get solved because we do not care to solve them. We only focus on distractions.
minus-squarecool@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoDirect voting would help even more. It might actually solve the problem of oligarch rule and put power back into the hands of the people. We can see why nobody is mentioning it now.
Ranked choice voting would certainly help.
No doubt, but it would require a huge effort across all fifty states and has already failed a bunch of times.
I’ll be dead before we have ranked choice voting. And I’m not even that old.
This is the unfortunate reality.
These problems do not get solved because we do not care to solve them.
We only focus on distractions.
Direct voting would help even more.
It might actually solve the problem of oligarch rule and put power back into the hands of the people.
We can see why nobody is mentioning it now.