I know they’re going to say it is only jokes. Fuck that. I get y’all want to be edgelords, but this is the most dangerous thing that has happened this century. I would be surprised now if we make it to the end of the year without some people getting assassinated for real, and it will target overwhelmingly the leftest end of the spectrum.
Example, example, example. There are others.
Y’all are on the precipice of finding out firsthand the difference between “OMG I’m so oppressed, the police are racist and I’m struggling to pay my bills, civil war y’all” and “OMG I’m so oppressed, a gang of big violent fuckers with bats and boots and the support of the government just attacked my whole community, seriously hurt me, and burned part of my house down. They told us if they find us here tomorrow, they’ll kill us.”
The last thing we need is democratic systems being worked around or losing more faith. Unfortunately we have an ultra left that want to burn it all down and an ultra right that want to locked it all up and what feels like to small of a center that just wants a niced balanced democracy with free enterprise but also socials safety nets and sensible regulation and a fair tax system and decent public infrastructure and such.
You might enjoy this Jon Stewart podcast about the two-party system in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_EofYXRBnM
The US flavor of democracy is not the only flavor, and as we are seeing it is not very representative. There’s room for improvement
Tldr: systemic issues in the voting system and the representation system encourage party factionalism and extremism
oh im well aware. It unfortunately is a self perpetuating thing that has only gotten further dug in with citizens united and deregulation. It would be incredible to have ranked choice.