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In response to "Krusty- have thought a lot about this and I think no voting " by JackDawson

I understand, but you just become part of the problem then. They may both suck, but one is far less evil. -- nm

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Mar 26 '20, 07:11

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Actually there’s a very strong argument that voting for either of them is part of the problem — they’re both the problem -- nm - JackDawson Mar 26, 07:19 11
- There’s room for 3 and 4 major parties, the problem is money. - Tim Mar 26, 07:23 10
  - not really. our type of system will always gravitate to a two-party alignment -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 26, 07:36 [youtube] 1
    - We. Like. To party. - Spawn Mar 26, 07:54
  - I'm not sure it would work without ranked-choice voting. -- nm - mara Mar 26, 07:24 5
    - It works pretty much everywhere. - Marlowe Mar 26, 07:37 3
      - Any parliamentary system is not comparable. -- nm - psilotum Mar 26, 08:00 2
        
        I know. There are a few other presidential systems out there. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 26, 08:03 1
        
        Mexico. But, jury out on whether it works -- nm - JackDawson Mar 26, 08:31
    - It does. -- nm - Andie Mar 26, 07:35
  - Is "socially liberal/fiscally conservative" really 'left' though? -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 07:24 1
    - It’s not, but it’d be to the left of the party that’s socially and fiscally conservative. -- nm - Tim Mar 26, 07:28
The perfect is the enemy of the good. -- nm - mara Mar 26, 07:14 2
- Except in Buckaroo Banzai, when Perfect Tommy was the enemy of pure evil from the 8th dimension. -- nm - Max Mar 26, 07:16 1
  - *taps his watch* I'm still waiting on that sequel, Hollywood. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 26, 07:20

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