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Please don't elect Temu Trump (Pierre Poilievre) or Trump's useful idiot Doug Ford.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wish granted, I think he's going to overhaul the system but not all change is good change.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

A finger curls on the monkey's paw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I would edit it to say:

The precise reason why the solution has always been total replacement of the system with direct democracy. From within or without.

I have some faith that we'd see the economic outcomes we want with direct votes for measures vs. votes for politicians, due to the amount of involvement required.