• brothershamus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Because of the electoral college. That forces a two-party system. Which is why we’re in this terrible situation.

    It also does nothing to stop a progressive from running as a democrat.

    Stunt candidates like Jill Stein are grifters who do not give a single solitary fuck about the state of the world, and anyone considering a candidate like that is also extremely unlikely to run themselves.

    I have friends who voted for Nader. They thought they were making a statement too. Then we got into Iraq II and they were very upset by it. We also got John “fuck voting righs” Roberts and Samuel “removed be hoes” Alito out of the deal. Don’t be stupid.

    Watching a bunch of tiktok gronks give their brilliant hot takes on how they don’t have to vote for Biden is like watching a drunken fratboy who’s holding everyone’s phones dancing on a cliff rim because someone told them not to. Stupid fuck. It doesn’t work like that.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      It’s plurality (a.k.a. FPTP) voting that forces a 2-party system. The main problem with the electoral college is that it gives a structural advantage to voters in low-population states, and those voters are overwhelmingly aligned with Republicans.