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[–] ShaggyDemiurge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dems can allow themselves to do bare minimum because they know that you don't have other choice, because not voting or voting 3rd party is a terrible idea. They can occasionally do more than bare minimum, but at its core two-party system basically holds country hostage

[–] chungusam0ngus@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why terrible idea

[–] ShaggyDemiurge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because of how the system is set up, if people don't vote specifically for dems, republicans win, and then start doing all sorts of nasty sruff