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What a stupid fucking electoral system. Least actually-democratic system in the western world by far.

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[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 69 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A year and a half of spectacle and entrail-reading just to end up with a coin flip.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 47 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Seriously we could have saved a year of time and a couple billion dollars by making the election a two week event and literally nobodies mind would have been changed.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago

Well, Americans treat looking for a president like American businessmen do while hiring. Damn do they love taking their sweet time to do it.

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not true, I waffled on either PSL or Greens.

[–] SocialistMonk@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Same! And when I mentioned that on .world, they banned me from the entire instance. lmao

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

But that leaves so little time for fundraising!

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