A majority of Republican voters believe that the Trump administration is “hiding” information on people who were involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking crimes.
The sooner more people realize that percentage is a lost cause the sooner we can start moving forward. That percentage will follow everyone else eventually. That’s what they do. They are not leaders.
Yeah? How do you suppose we go about taking away their right to vote? Last time I checked, that’s not going to happen. Nor should it. Yet, here we are.
They’re a symptom of the education nightmare, of disingenuous “news” media, poverty, social media echo chambers, and a cadre of other factors. Think any of those things are going away soon either?
The sooner we all realize that this country needs a reset, the sooner we can move forward.
Edit: people are taking my first paragraph too literally. The point is that they cannot be ignored. Also, I literally say it should not happen.
I kinda wish votes were displayed at the bottom of a comment instead of the top so people actually have to read the comment before voting instead of just bandwagoning.
Interesting point. It also depends on the platform. I use the Alexandrite.app interface and they’re at the bottom. I do wonder what effect placement has.
You don’t need to take away their right to vote, just give a fair and proportionate voting power, which is a hell of a lot less than the voting power they have now.
You don’t have to rake it away, just make it irrelevant. They only have so much power now because First Past the Post voting systems don’t need anywhere near a majority, just a little more than everyone else. So with as few as 3 candidates you could win with only 34% of the vote.
Switching to an actually representative election style like ranked choice voting means the outliers are represented more accurately instead of getting an oversized platform their size doesn’t warrant.
The sooner more people realize that percentage is a lost cause the sooner we can start moving forward. That percentage will follow everyone else eventually. That’s what they do. They are not leaders.
Yeah? How do you suppose we go about taking away their right to vote? Last time I checked, that’s not going to happen. Nor should it. Yet, here we are.
They’re a symptom of the education nightmare, of disingenuous “news” media, poverty, social media echo chambers, and a cadre of other factors. Think any of those things are going away soon either?
The sooner we all realize that this country needs a reset, the sooner we can move forward.
Edit: people are taking my first paragraph too literally. The point is that they cannot be ignored. Also, I literally say it should not happen.
I don’t get why you are downvoted?
When Lemmy dog piles, it’s contagious. I don’t know why it happens sometimes.
I kinda wish votes were displayed at the bottom of a comment instead of the top so people actually have to read the comment before voting instead of just bandwagoning.
Interesting point. It also depends on the platform. I use the Alexandrite.app interface and they’re at the bottom. I do wonder what effect placement has.
You don’t need to take away their right to vote, just give a fair and proportionate voting power, which is a hell of a lot less than the voting power they have now.
It has nothing to do with how 30% vote. We already know how they vote. It’s about everyone else getting on the same page. It’s about priorities.
Everyone else is very much not on the and page.
It’s also about land having votes instead of people.
You don’t have to rake it away, just make it irrelevant. They only have so much power now because First Past the Post voting systems don’t need anywhere near a majority, just a little more than everyone else. So with as few as 3 candidates you could win with only 34% of the vote.
Switching to an actually representative election style like ranked choice voting means the outliers are represented more accurately instead of getting an oversized platform their size doesn’t warrant.
Correct.