gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 个月前'Deep sense of outrage and betrayal': House Democrats react to Schumer announcement that he will vote for Republican spending planwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1552arrow-down1external-link'Deep sense of outrage and betrayal': House Democrats react to Schumer announcement that he will vote for Republican spending planwww.npr.orggAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 个月前message-square162fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareRuthalas@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 个月前Ranked choice voting would certainly help.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 个月前No doubt, but it would require a huge effort across all fifty states and has already failed a bunch of times. I’ll be dead before we have ranked choice voting. And I’m not even that old.
minus-squarecool@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 个月前This is the unfortunate reality. These problems do not get solved because we do not care to solve them. We only focus on distractions.
minus-squarecool@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·4 个月前Direct voting would help even more. It might actually solve the problem of oligarch rule and put power back into the hands of the people. We can see why nobody is mentioning it now.
Ranked choice voting would certainly help.
No doubt, but it would require a huge effort across all fifty states and has already failed a bunch of times.
I’ll be dead before we have ranked choice voting. And I’m not even that old.
This is the unfortunate reality.
These problems do not get solved because we do not care to solve them.
We only focus on distractions.
Direct voting would help even more.
It might actually solve the problem of oligarch rule and put power back into the hands of the people.
We can see why nobody is mentioning it now.