[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chinese check cleared

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

It's the 1% vs the working class, not generation vs generation

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

He makes his money this way. Sometimes things don't have to be complicated.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

You would be surprised how much abuse people will tolerate to have some semblance of "peace" in their life.

You're in the class war, even if you don't fight back.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Get FUCKED turbo tax. Fuck you forever.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I was broke as hell and the vasectomy was going to cost $700.

I finally saved $700, and when I went in they said "shit dawg, you're broke as hell. Here is this program to make it free"

So even if you can't afford it, try reaching out to your local planned parenthood. They know how to navigate the benefit system better then you.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

The 1% can make their own wage slaves.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

The 1% can make their own wage slaves

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Worked for this guy.

After the self-immolation, the US put more pressure on Diệm to re-open negotiations on the faltering agreement. Diệm had scheduled an emergency cabinet meeting at 11:30 a.m. on 11 June to discuss the Buddhist crisis which he believed to be winding down. Following Quảng Đức's death, Diệm canceled the meeting and met individually with his ministers. Acting US Ambassador to South Vietnam William Trueheart warned Nguyễn Đình Thuận, Diệm's Secretary of State, of the desperate need for an agreement, saying that the situation was "dangerously near breaking point" and expected Diệm would meet the Buddhists' five-point manifesto. United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned the Saigon embassy that the White House would publicly announce that it would no longer "associate itself" with the regime if this did not occur.[29] The Joint Communiqué and concessions to the Buddhists were signed on 16 June.[30]

So what's the key difference? IMO "dangerously near breaking point". We aren't in danger of a breaking point. What are you going to do, vote for a even more conservative person? The 1% has crafted themselves a win win situation with First Past The Post voting. The liberal party in Canada recently promised electoral reform to their voters, yet the voting system remains.

Because that's democracy, having a insanely limited amount of options to vote for. Feeling represented yet? No? Fuck you, vote for my guy. That's democracy, fuck you and what you believe, just vote for my guy.

Have you ever talked to a democrat about voting third party before? Boy they sure seem to understand the faults of First Past The Post voting, because nearly every single one you talk to about this will mention how a vote not for their guy is a vote for the other guy. How can you point out these glaring mathematical faults of our voting system and then, some way some how, wash your hands of the issue Post election?

Now hang on just one second my blue conservative "ally", you can't just do nothing about the voting system after bringing up all those flaws when we discussed voting for a third party. You can't lecture people on how to vote in "the most important election ever" and then not work tirelessly to enact state level reforms to fix the problems YOU YOURSELF enthusiasticly bring up to vote shame people into supporting your guy.

Here are some videos on the topic if you’d like to know more:

First Past The Post voting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

Other electoral systems to choose from:

Alternative vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3jE3B8HsE

Ranked Choice voting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z2fRPRkWvY

Range Voting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3GFG0sXIig

Single Transferable Vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI

STAR voting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-mOeUXAkV0

Mixed Member Proportional representation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0I-sdoSXU

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eliminating the First Past the Post voting system would enable people to vote for third-party candidates without the risk of a spoiler effect. This change would foster competition in the electoral process, enhancing the quality of candidates for all voters. Additionally, it would likely increase voter turnout and political engagement.

Electoral reform is possible at the state level, Alaska and Maine have already passed electoral reform so it is possible to get this done.

Republicans have already made moves to protect First Past the Post voting. Florida recently made Ranked Choice voting illegal. Fortunately there are many alternatives to FPTP, so the ban still isn't in the way of passing electoral reform.

So the question remains, why do Blue states still use FPTP voting? Why would you want to use the voting system republicans prefer? There are no republicans stopping these reforms in states that democrats control.

It is clear that democrats understand the flaws of FPTP voting, just talk about voting third party in nearly any social media and you will get a entire flock of Democrats lecturing you on how a vote not for a democrat is a vote for a republican. How can you admit the voting system is flawed and then not make any moves to rectify the situation is beyond me. You don't get to lecture people on the flaws of FPTP voting and then do nothing to fix the issue.

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