• @UnderpantsWeevil
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    18 hours ago

    This is the only issue worth campaigning on.

    You’re not going to like the people campaigning on it, though.

    Spoilers: It’s the Spoiler Candidates

    • Schadrach
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      43 hours ago

      You’re not going to like the people campaigning on it, though.

      Spoilers: It’s the Spoiler Candidates

      …because the Dems and GOP benefit from the current system. Any move away from FPTP harms them, so they aren’t going to support it and any other party is a “spoiler candidate” because of how FPTP works.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        139 minutes ago

        Any move away from FPTP harms them, so they aren’t going to support it

        Sure. But if you don’t vote for the Democrats then you are implicitly supporting fascism and that will mean an end to all forms of democracy (or so I’ve been told).

    • @Clinicallydepressedpoochie
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      17 hours ago

      Every candidate should be campaigning on it. Not until the Republicans are brazenly defending the broken system, or alternatively join the move for reformation because they think they can capitalize on it, is the country moving in the right direction.

      When the pollsters call you your answer to every question should be, “I don’t care we need vote reform.”

      When the media focus groups you,“I don’t care we need vote reform.”

      When the NAZIs try to bait you, “I don’t care we need vote reform.”

      I know, this isn’t a fully fleshed out strategy but it is a stance that will elevate the discussion.