• @clearleaf
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    41 year ago

    Sounds like a self fulfilling prophecy.

    • @hasnt_seen_goonies
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      111 year ago

      It’s more based on game theory. If your vote would decide between 2 candidates, but you vote for a third candidate that had a magnitude less amount of support, you are letting other people decide the election.

      That’s why a vote for a third party is a vote for the candidate you don’t want to win. The only way to change this is for a change to how elections happen (ie ranked choice voting).

      • @clearleaf
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        -71 year ago

        You guys created that prisoners dilemma for yourselves. Canada doesn’t have ranked voting either for federal elections and we have a party called the NDP which has been slowly creeping up on the conservatives and liberals. Last time I voted I didn’t get the winner I wanted and life went on. People died, babies got born, kids got older, high school classes graduated, and eventually we’ll vote again. What I hate the most about politics is how short term everyone’s plans are. We should be thinking more than 4 years ahead.

        • @[email protected]
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          61 year ago

          You guys created that prisoners dilemma for yourselves.

          So sick of hearing this. Who is alive right now who had a hand in creating the current system? Who is commenting on lemmy right now who has any congressional say? Anyone who says this knows it’s bullshit but is trying super hard to sound edgy. Don’t bother.

          • @clearleaf
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            -41 year ago

            You couldn’t have missed the point any harder. Like zoinks man. They have you guys fogged to death.

              • @clearleaf
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                -41 year ago

                If you have two parties with deeply rooted power, it’s going to take longer than a year to change that. You might never get the 3rd party winner you want, but your kids could when they’re adults. A lot can change in 10 years when the conditions are set so imagine 100.

                • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                  31 year ago

                  The US and Canada’s political systems are totally different.

                  US can’t have a minority government like Canada does right now that’s giving the NDP any power.

                  I think it might be you that is missing the point my friend.

                  • @clearleaf
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                    -31 year ago

                    If someone loses there all they get is a multimillion dollar grant to continue campaigning.

    • @Soulg
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      11 year ago

      Yeah, it is. And you’re not going to convince enough people to break the prophecy, either