• The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Pretty much every way known to mankind is better than what we’ve got; it’s not as if we’re getting to constantly test new ideas and make a more perfect democracy.

    FPTP is imposed on us by those in power. It systematically reduces the cost to subvert the will of voters. The system is inherently dichotomous, and third parties can rarely upset the dynamic.

    “The purpose of the system is what it does”.