• @[email protected]English
    80•21 days ago

    I live in a “first past the post” country that forces a two-party system and penalizes voting your conscience unless it aligns with one of those parties. While there may be flaws in Ranked Choice Voting that could emerge in fringe cases, it is so obviously superior to our current system that it is hard for me to worry too much about the nuance of how it might not be 100% perfect 100% of the time. Any (democratic) system is better than what we have now.

    • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
      43•21 days ago

      I live in a “first past the post” country that forces a two-party system and penalizes voting your conscience unless it aligns with one of those parties. While there may be flaws in Ranked Choice Voting that could emerge in fringe cases, it is so obviously superior to our current system that it is hard for me to worry too much about the nuance of how it might not be 100% perfect 100% of the time. Any (democratic) system is better than what we have now.

      • @[email protected]English
        21•21 days ago

        I̴͖̿ ̴̉͜l̵̫̆i̵̠̊v̵̫͠ē̷̱ ̷̛̥î̸̢n̸͓͐ ̴̻̔a̷͗ͅ ̸͕͌"̵̝͐f̵̤̀i̸̢͐r̶̮̄ś̴͙t̶̫̚ ̸̠̉p̸̰͗a̷̙͒š̶͚t̷̪́ ̸̧̚t̶̳̕h̸̤̋ẽ̸͓ ̸̨̅p̶̣͠ō̵͖s̵̖̀t̵̬͠"̵̮̆ ̸̟͂c̶͉̒o̷̧̽u̷̙̓n̸̮̈t̶̫͝ṙ̶̬ý̸͙ ̵̯́ť̵̨h̸̻͊a̸̙̾ț̵̀ ̴̬̈́f̴̲̉ò̶̩r̷̯̕č̵̲e̷̩͐s̵̥̽ ̷͖̾à̵͍ ̵͂͜t̷̫͛w̵̮͑o̵̢̍-̶̦̓p̵̬̈ä̸̳r̶̼͝t̴̺̄ý̴̡ ̶̧̒ŝ̶̲y̴̪͆s̷͎͝ẗ̶̤ḙ̶̎m̴̯̂ ̶̠̌a̶͇̋ṅ̵̡d̸̦́ ̷͈͘p̴̺͝ȅ̶̟n̸̙̓ä̵͚́l̷͙̚i̵͈̓z̶̩̅é̷̖s̴͎̉ ̷̧͘v̶̪͛õ̵ͅṭ̵͗i̷͙̾n̴̼̔g̶̛̟ ̵̥̕ỷ̷̡ò̷̹u̵̬̚r̸͓̓ ̶̼̓c̸̩͑ȍ̷̲n̴̞͆s̷̰͗c̵̖̏i̶̥͊e̸̝͆n̴͉͋c̸̜̅ẹ̷́ ̴̝̍ṵ̶̋ṇ̷͝l̸̯̉è̴̙š̸̖s̴͎͐ ̴̲̐ị̴́t̸̹͐ ̵̬̀a̵̮̓l̸̺̈́i̵̬̒ģ̸̚n̶̻͂s̴̠͂ ̷͖̚w̷͙̆ì̷̺t̴̳̔ḧ̴͕́ ̴̣͂ő̷̡n̸̫͠e̷̥̿ ̸̧̒o̴̞̕ḟ̵͖ ̶͖͝t̸̖̃h̷̕͜ǫ̵̎s̶͉͆ẻ̵̙ ̷̨̓p̸͎̏á̷̭r̸̹͊t̸̻͗i̵̫̓ȩ̶̀s̶̹͝.̶͔̄ ̷͙̉Ẅ̷̘́h̷̤̽i̸͙̊ḽ̸̔ē̸̡ ̸̟̈́t̷͐ͅh̵̜̑e̵̗͊r̷̲͋ĕ̶̝ ̵͕̏m̵̬̑a̷̯̽y̴̡̔ ̶̹͂b̴̨̕e̴̺̚ ̴̖͠f̷̯͒l̸͚͒a̵̤̽ẃ̸̺s̵̲͠ ̶̮̏i̸͎̓n̴̘͊ ̸͓̄Ṙ̶͍a̴̘͆ṅ̷͔k̸͕̕e̶̟̅d̶̦̐ ̵̩̓C̵̛͎h̴̯̅ò̶̪i̴͇͑c̵̯͐e̷̡̎ ̶͚͗V̴̺̈o̸̩͒t̸̘̉ĩ̸͚n̴͓͋g̴̙͐ ̵̹̑t̷̪̏h̴͍̀ȁ̶͉t̸̟̒ ̸͎̌c̵͙̓o̷͎̎ú̷͇l̷̝͗d̶̹̃ ̸̛̪e̶͍̊m̷͚̌ë̵͔́ṟ̵͝ġ̸͉e̷̱͊ ̴̱͝į̵̋n̷̳̊ ̵̐͜f̴̠́r̵͔̊ȉ̶̻ń̸͔g̵͈̎e̵͔̓ ̵̻͝c̶̈́͜à̸̧s̴̘̅e̵̦̊s̴̩̉,̵̛̬ ̷̻͊í̴̡t̷͇̽ ̷̨͋ỉ̷̝s̷͙̅ ̵̖̍s̶̨͗o̸̗͌ ̵̧̐ỏ̸̟b̸͕̕v̴̻̓i̷̳̋ö̸͇́u̴̬͗s̵͙͑l̶̛͕ỵ̸͒ ̵͚͠ś̸̤ů̵̱p̸͈̊e̶͓̍r̴̗͛ỉ̶̦o̶͓͂r̷̡͝ ̸̩̏t̴̜͗ō̵̲ ̸̹̓o̸̞͂ù̸̜ȓ̵̺ ̸̱̀c̵̗̿ū̸̢r̶͓̾r̷̢̔e̸͇͠n̷͚̐ṱ̸̾ ̵͎̈s̷̋͜ẙ̶͙ș̴̑ṱ̶̓ē̶͉m̴̪̒ ̵͇̅ẗ̷́ͅh̸͉̄a̶͔̅t̵̘͆ ̶̪̿ǐ̵̬t̶̻̆ ̵̥̈ī̶̪s̴̚ͅ ̴̻̕ḥ̵͆a̸̔͜r̵̭͠d̸̲͝ ̸̨͌f̶͉͛o̴̹̊r̶̙̚ ̷͙͐m̷̪̋e̸͓͝ ̶̮͌t̷̺͊o̸͙̊ ̶̡̚w̵͍̅o̷̥͌r̷̠͆r̷͈͌ý̵̦ ̴͙̄t̸̝͂ỏ̴̥ŏ̷̲ ̷͔̈m̷̡̏ű̶̘c̶͎͐h̷̻́ ̴͕̈́ǎ̸̹b̶̡̃ọ̷͒ủ̸̟ẗ̸́͜ ̴̖̒t̶͖͛h̴͈͛e̶̫̅ ̶͎͝n̸̥̎u̶̹̎a̸͔͐n̴͓̎c̵̻̔e̸̹̐ ̶͇̐o̴̝͌f̶̖̚ ̴̙̓ḣ̶̹o̶͍̚w̵̻̚ ̵͓̂í̵̻ť̵̡ ̶̧̈́m̴̥̓i̴͉̅g̵͎͂ḧ̸͓́t̸̠̃ ̵̻̂ṋ̶͑ő̶̗t̷̥͂ ̴͉͊b̷̦̊e̴͇͐ ̷̾ͅ1̵̝̀0̸͇̈́0̷̳͑%̶̠̀ ̶̖̎p̷̙͠e̷̗͒r̷̪̀f̸̭̏é̷͜c̴͎̓t̸̛̖ ̴̯̄1̵̡͑0̴̻͠0̶̬͑%̷͍̐ ̸̢̛o̵̤̽f̷̞̒ ̷̲͋t̸̨̒h̵̠̀e̷̦͝ ̴̢́ṫ̵̟i̸͎̇ṃ̴͌è̵͚.̸̫͐ ̶͘͜Ą̸̈n̷̜͋y̷̜͒ ̸̱̈́(̶̣͆d̷̪͆e̸̖̕m̸͈͠o̴̬̿c̶̹̆r̵̩̈́á̸̜ẗ̴̗i̷̯̔c̷͛͜)̵͈̌ ̸͎͑ṣ̸̚y̵̢͠s̸̞̀t̵͖͊e̸̛̲m̵̼͘ ̴̤͠i̷̗͘s̴̟̄ ̴͖̈́b̸̧̒ë̶̹́t̶̤̑t̶͔̉ë̷̪́ȑ̶̲ ̸̩͒t̴̼̀h̶̲̉a̴̒͜n̴̖͂ ̸̙̃w̴͚̒h̴̳̒a̷̫̔t̷̲͝ ̷̘̈́w̵̨͗ē̵̝ ̵̻̏h̸̯͒a̷̡̓v̴̧̎e̶͛͜ ̵̺̕ņ̵̔o̷̧̐w̷̰̚.̶̡̾

        • @gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
          6•21 days ago

          𝕴̴̧͠ ̷͍̲͝𝖑̷̯̓𝖎̴̟̞̈͐𝖛̴̢͇͛𝖊̴̺̏ ̵̣͆𝖎̶͓͗͠𝖓̷̰̋̚ ̸̩̔́ͅ𝖆̸͚̊ ̶̮̣̀̏"̷̨̇͠𝖋̵͇̗̐𝖎̷̬̌͘𝖗̷̤̐𝖘̵͙̰͛͘𝖙̶̙̥̕ ̸̞̌́𝖕̶̬̌̍𝖆̵̯͝ͅ𝖘̵͉̐͐𝖙̴͕̙̾ ̷̼̄̈𝖙̴̢̛̓𝖍̶̺̱̾̕𝖊̸̼̀͂ ̴̫͙̊𝖕̴̗̈́̈́𝖔̴̧͇͒̅𝖘̶̡̬̾𝖙̷̰̒͜"̸̺͇̓ ̶͚̠̋𝖈̸̥̟͗𝖔̵͖͈͐̿𝖚̶̲̊𝖓̷̧̻͐͌𝖙̷̙̲͘𝖗̸̨̄𝖞̴̹̉̎ ̸̤̊̀𝖙̸͕́̓𝖍̷̹͚͝𝖆̵̝̌𝖙̷̲̎̽ ̷͉̈́𝖋̸͈͕̊͠𝖔̷̛͙̭͑𝖗̶̪͎͐𝖈̵̨̀͠𝖊̵̥͙͝𝖘̵͕̽ ̸̦̱̅𝖆̵̻̺̅ ̴͈̈͋𝖙̵̼̯̐𝖜̸̮͗𝖔̶̝̑-̶̡̣̄𝖕̷͎̓̄𝖆̵̥͊𝖗̶͎͉́͝𝖙̵͔̘̈́͆𝖞̷̺̎̐ ̸͔͑𝖘̵̻̗̈́𝖞̴͚̆̚𝖘̴̖̆͒𝖙̶̡͐𝖊̴̡̛̣̍𝖒̶̥͌ ̴̧̙͐̎𝖆̶̆̍͜𝖓̸̳̪̇͛𝖉̴̟̓͊ ̸̱̂̉𝖕̶̤̥̒͊𝖊̴̲̞̒͒𝖓̶̰̭͒͝𝖆̷̟̥̀𝖑̷̢̫̆𝖎̶̧͕́𝖟̶̪̰̽̓𝖊̴̼͛𝖘̷͇̱̉͌ ̴̞͌𝖛̵̺̪́𝖔̷̥̄͝𝖙̷͙̌̏𝖎̴̠̼̆̍𝖓̵͕̯̄̊𝖌̵̛͉̑ ̸̧̍𝖞̴̣̪̐̏𝖔̷̫̑𝖚̸̱́𝖗̵͚͎̉ ̸̺̏ͅ𝖈̵̮̄𝖔̶̟̬͗̅𝖓̵̞̿̋𝖘̵̰͐𝖈̸̗̤͑𝖎̶̱̾͠𝖊̷̹̩̚𝖓̵̢̓𝖈̴̮̈́͘͜𝖊̷̝͆͘ ̸̠̠͂𝖚̶͎͙̅̈́𝖓̵̰̬̽𝖑̵͙͐͝ͅ𝖊̶̲͙͌̌𝖘̷̡̡̕𝖘̵̰͑ ̶̗́͌͜𝖎̷̫̋𝖙̸͓̳̈́ ̸̤͉̑𝖆̷̥̳͂̉𝖑̴̳̺͂̍𝖎̸̫͓̔𝖌̸̞͈̊𝖓̵͇̬̓𝖘̴͔̲̃ ̶̢͆͋𝖜̴̝̌𝖎̷̳̬̽̿𝖙̵̘̑͠𝖍̷͚͕̎ ̸̻̹̂𝖔̸̧̩́̕𝖓̵̮̝͒͗𝖊̶̼̲͆̿ ̷̩͎͝𝖔̶̹͗ͅ𝖋̵̧̿ ̴̯̬̈̎𝖙̶̲̄͝𝖍̷̰̎̓𝖔̸̬͎͒𝖘̶͍̾𝖊̶̭̘͌ ̵̞̞̑̆𝖕̸͕̍͑𝖆̵͓̅𝖗̷̨̆͐𝖙̷̪̈́̕𝖎̵̪͈͊͐𝖊̸̣͆̃𝖘̷̝̥̎̉.̶͔͆ ̴̼̠̾𝖂̸͕̼͒𝖍̶̖̃͒𝖎̴̧̓̚𝖑̴̖͍́͐𝖊̵̦̗̑͠ ̸͎̈́𝖙̸̞͛𝖍̷̜̄𝖊̵̱̃𝖗̴̢̌̇𝖊̷̦͆ ̶͇̩͊̉𝖒̸̬̉ͅ𝖆̵͕̻͑𝖞̷̳̼̈́̈́ ̷͕̅͝𝖇̶̝͠𝖊̸̀͜ ̴̩͒͜𝖋̸̰͚̑𝖑̵̡͑͌ͅ𝖆̶̤̏͐𝖜̶̤̇̈́𝖘̶̳̉͗ ̶̈́ͅ𝖎̵͗͜𝖓̷̛̱ ̶̞͍̊͋𝕽̸͔̑̆ͅ𝖆̴̧̙͛̍𝖓̷̥͐𝖐̶͚͈̉͝𝖊̷̲̓𝖉̸̙̗̇͆ ̷̪̓̚𝕮̷̥̰̅𝖍̴͉̐͊𝖔̶̧͊𝖎̵̧̿𝖈̵̺̮̏𝖊̸̬̞̂̂ ̴͖̍𝖁̸̢̈̑𝖔̶̥̣͌𝖙̵͙͚͌𝖎̴͉̃̀𝖓̵̞̬̚𝖌̸̧̣͋ ̸̋ͅ𝖙̷̊̈́͜𝖍̷̞̊̚𝖆̵̪̹̋̅𝖙̸̧̂ ̴̢̎𝖈̶̖̠̑𝖔̸̘̥̀͂𝖚̷̅̌͜𝖑̷͓͝𝖉̸͍͊͜ ̵̨̝͂̂𝖊̷̨̥͒̎𝖒̸̭̉͠𝖊̷̼̚𝖗̸͙̺̈𝖌̷̩̤̈́̕𝖊̷͈̘̈́͐ ̸̻̖̋𝖎̵̮̇̚𝖓̶̡͛͝ ̴̖͇͊́𝖋̵̱̱͋̆𝖗̴̨̛̥͝𝖎̴̛̟̋𝖓̶͔̓̈𝖌̴̮̮͝𝖊̴͈͈̉̚ ̸͙̈̒𝖈̴̠͌𝖆̵͓̆́𝖘̶̗͖̾͛𝖊̷̖͈͂𝖘̴͉̀̚,̶̭͇̎ ̵̺͆̒𝖎̶͎̔͒𝖙̴̟̔͗ ̶͍̅̉𝖎̶̧͇́𝖘̴̢̩̋ ̵̛̼̝̔𝖘̶̘̰͛𝖔̸̡̽̔ ̷͓̰̽𝖔̴̘̿̿𝖇̴̢͊̿𝖛̶̤̋̈́𝖎̶̫̑𝖔̷̰̍̑𝖚̴̖͍́͝𝖘̷̢̝͆𝖑̶͔̝̊͗𝖞̸̺̐̊ ̶̼̪̓𝖘̴̞̋͆ͅ𝖚̶̜̅𝖕̵͚̌𝖊̶̤͑͋𝖗̸͙͇̇͠𝖎̷̭͕̈́𝖔̶̟͙̊͌𝖗̶͓̩̈̿ ̶͔͉̅̅𝖙̸̀͜𝖔̷͈̍̅ ̶͓̤͛𝖔̴̫̀𝖚̴̧̈͠ͅ𝖗̶͓̅̍ ̶̘̘̈𝖈̷̛̖̓ͅ𝖚̸̙̀𝖗̸̹͇̈𝖗̷͈̚𝖊̶̅͜𝖓̵̣̠́𝖙̷͍̔ ̴̬͌͠𝖘̴͙̪̄𝖞̶̯̱̊̈́𝖘̷͎̼̈́𝖙̸̥̿͂𝖊̵̟̽𝖒̶̥͋ ̵͚̦̐𝖙̷͎͊͐𝖍̵͔̄͝𝖆̷̬̤͑̃𝖙̴̜̈́̈́ ̵̳̠̒𝖎̷͚͊𝖙̴͎̞͌ ̷͉̲̈́𝖎̴̪̠̆͗𝖘̸̭̕ ̵͇̱̒𝖍̵͍̆̓𝖆̸̻̒̉𝖗̸̫͌̚𝖉̷̺̩͋̃ ̷̤͔͐𝖋̵̨̾̐͜𝖔̸̟̜́̀𝖗̶̘̄̍ ̸͚͝ͅ𝖒̴̭̽̾𝖊̵̖̃̈ ̴͈̚𝖙̸̧̂𝖔̵̢̘̈̍ ̵̺̭͋̒𝖜̸͔̓͊𝖔̷̛̗͜𝖗̵͓̦̚͘𝖗̸̘̑𝖞̶̝̙̋ ̷̨̝͠𝖙̶̢͗͐𝖔̷̧͖̀𝖔̶̧̈́ ̸̡͆𝖒̵͙́𝖚̴̻̊𝖈̶͎͍̉𝖍̸̭̲̕ ̴̡̣̓̐𝖆̶̢̈́𝖇̴̱͛𝖔̴̖͉̔𝖚̸͕̉𝖙̷̧̼̃̓ ̵̭͒𝖙̷̩͗͜𝖍̶͉̤͝𝖊̵̛͓̓ ̶̧͇̒𝖓̴̼͖̊𝖚̴̗̌𝖆̶̠̉́𝖓̷̹̃𝖈̸͖̟̓̀𝖊̷̺̈́ ̷͔̩͗𝖔̶̢͋̐𝖋̸̢̀ ̸͍̚𝖍̵͍̙̓͑𝖔̵͉̉𝖜̴̀̓͜ ̵͈͕̇𝖎̴̪̄𝖙̴̣̆͗ ̴̼͍̊𝖒̴̨͎́𝖎̴̨̠̐𝖌̷̖͂𝖍̸̭̽𝖙̸̡̠͋ ̷̣̕𝖓̶̦̋𝖔̶̦͔͐̈́𝖙̷̛̼̎ ̴̪̍͠𝖇̶͖͈͌𝖊̵̬̰̚ ̷͚͎̈́1̶͈͐̿0̵̩̝̌̐0̸̯͗͌%̷̙̒͝ ̵͔͉̆𝖕̶̝͒𝖊̸̳̈́͒𝖗̸̳͈̀̊𝖋̶̤̊𝖊̷̣̺͛𝖈̴͇͇͐𝖙̸͓͗̄ ̴͌͜1̴̪̐̂0̴͕̍̚0̶̼̱̓͗%̵͎͆ ̴͕͖̉̀𝖔̸̼́̈𝖋̵̧̖̈͘ ̸̳̗̈́𝖙̴̫̊̎𝖍̴̰̮̏𝖊̷̠̍͝ ̵̬̝̑̑𝖙̷͚̃̂𝖎̷̳͔̇𝖒̸̯̏́𝖊̷͓̹̐͝.̴̧̘̓ ̵̨̞̏̾𝕬̸͉̟̔̇𝖓̸̝͈̓𝖞̷̟̬̓ ̷͍̀̄(̷̬̓𝖉̸͔̠̀͝𝖊̶̗͌͗𝖒̷͍͕̓𝖔̴̨̃͗𝖈̵̫̈́̔𝖗̶̹̈́̀𝖆̷̣͝𝖙̵̮͎̂͝𝖎̶̘̺͗̉𝖈̷̠̅͒)̷̨͉́̅ ̴̼̭̒̀𝖘̵̻̞͘𝖞̶̼̞̀́𝖘̷͔̊̐𝖙̷̦́𝖊̵̥̻͒̔𝖒̵͉͖͛ ̸̣̘̈̈𝖎̴̫̅𝖘̸̛͍̯̅ ̷̙͇̿𝖇̶̥̖̅𝖊̷͕͗͊𝖙̷̜̤̿̚𝖙̷͇̓̄𝖊̷̲̈𝖗̷̤͂ ̸̫͔͒𝖙̸͇̀𝖍̴͉̋͝𝖆̷̛̼͕̕𝖓̴̘͚̉̄ ̴͍͓̕̕𝖜̴͖̃̈𝖍̴̢̂̌͜𝖆̶̲̱̒𝖙̸̬͜͝ ̴̬͔̓͠𝖜̵͙̑𝖊̴̣̟̅͆ ̵̻̰̑𝖍̴̬̞̄͠𝖆̵͕̀͝𝖛̶̗̾𝖊̶̩̳̏̽ ̵̣̍𝖓̸̗̐̔𝖔̵̱͊̆𝖜̷̻͗.̶̮͇̈́