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minus-square@Wrenchlink42•5 months agoNo thanks. We don’t want elected officials cheating their way into illegal filibusters explicitly prohibited by law. That is not a functioning democracy. If the minority can simply refuse to participate, so no work can be done by either side. And no, voters having the ability to wait (potentially) years to just vote them out in the next cycle does not make it a functioning democracy.
minus-squareAlien Nathan EdwardlinkfedilinkEnglish14•5 months agoThis. Everyone knows how a vote is supposed to work. If there are ten people, six of them vote for A and the other four leave, A wins.
No thanks. We don’t want elected officials cheating their way into illegal filibusters explicitly prohibited by law.
That is not a functioning democracy. If the minority can simply refuse to participate, so no work can be done by either side.
And no, voters having the ability to wait (potentially) years to just vote them out in the next cycle does not make it a functioning democracy.
This. Everyone knows how a vote is supposed to work. If there are ten people, six of them vote for A and the other four leave, A wins.
But how do i know A didn’t rig the elections? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)