SubArcticTundra

joined 2 years ago
[–] SubArcticTundra 1 points 2 years ago

Tfw you only know basic German and don't know if Aufstehen refers to 'you' or to 'it'

[–] SubArcticTundra 1 points 2 years ago

That would make sense

[–] SubArcticTundra 2 points 2 years ago

That said, 32+160GB could easily run on a beefed up laptop if I understand this correctly.

[–] SubArcticTundra 1 points 2 years ago

You'll start noticing the deficiencies in your life that YouTube was helping your ignore

[–] SubArcticTundra 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah what is it with 2023 and enshittification? This has been such a bad year in general

[–] SubArcticTundra 3 points 2 years ago

They only grow if you feed them. The food gets transformed into more baby.

[–] SubArcticTundra 1 points 2 years ago

What gives me hope is that only one state needs to switch to PR for congressional elections for it to have an impact. In a divided Congress, even a small new party with a dozen seats can have a lot of influence by acting as a king maker.

[–] SubArcticTundra 1 points 2 years ago

It needs voting reform so that there are more than just two rotten parties to choose from

[–] SubArcticTundra 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah. If we finally get PR which I trust we might in the next 10 years, coalition partners would serve as an extra check to keep the govt accountant

[–] SubArcticTundra 2 points 2 years ago

Agreed. The best thing is, only one state needs to adopt proportional representation for sending reps to Congress for it to have an impact. Even a small new party with a dozen seats is likely to be a tie breaker.

[–] SubArcticTundra 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's because the election system is First Past the Post. If they changed it to Ranked Choice Voting, all candidates from both primaries (plus independents) could run in the election and it would be up to the public to decide which of them is best, with their vote going to a fallback candidate if their favourite doesn't win.

[–] SubArcticTundra 1 points 2 years ago

The US sorely needs at least one state to adopt PR for sending Representatives to Washington.

 
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