(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2020, @03:08PM
by Anonymous Coward
on Friday June 26 2020, @03:08PM (#1012876)
Proportional representation would solve this dilemma in a heartbeat, which is why it will never, in a million years, ever be allowed by the current political establishment.
Imagine a government with let's say something like 30% republican, 30% democrat, 15% libertarian, 15% green, 10% rando stuff (independents, commies, socialists, nationalists, etc). It'd suddenly mean those corporate handouts and pork might face real opposition, and you'd have folks more interested in pursuing agendas focused on bettering society from a wide array of different perspectives. More importantly, I think that distribution is likely far more realistic than the current bullshit 50/50 democrat/republican nonsense which is driven only by our district based first past the post systems which, at best, are angling towards some sort of instant runoff system which won't change anything.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2020, @03:08PM
Proportional representation would solve this dilemma in a heartbeat, which is why it will never, in a million years, ever be allowed by the current political establishment.
Imagine a government with let's say something like 30% republican, 30% democrat, 15% libertarian, 15% green, 10% rando stuff (independents, commies, socialists, nationalists, etc). It'd suddenly mean those corporate handouts and pork might face real opposition, and you'd have folks more interested in pursuing agendas focused on bettering society from a wide array of different perspectives. More importantly, I think that distribution is likely far more realistic than the current bullshit 50/50 democrat/republican nonsense which is driven only by our district based first past the post systems which, at best, are angling towards some sort of instant runoff system which won't change anything.