• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Yes, and Republicans will do absolutely zero to change that, because abusing the system is one of their main strategies.
    And old school Democrats won’t change it either for some reason, despite calling themselves democrats.
    So it’s a long process of first changing the Democratic party from within, and then hopefully get the power to modernize democracy in USA.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      old school Democrats won’t change it either for some reason

      Because the ratchet effect will stop working when they’re no longer able to buy primaries and then run as the only realistic alternative to fascism.

      The current system projects the DNC from losing power to the effectively disenfranchised Left more than anything else.

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        2 days ago

        The ratchet effect is non-voters doing jack shit to clean things up while the sycophants continue to get their way. Cant blame the Dems for that one.

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          2 days ago

          Why do you think you hear so many ‘Leftists’ screaming Both Sides Are The Same?

          Nonvoting always helps the Right, because those guys go to the polls every chance they get.

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            2 days ago

            Tbf they are kind of the only ones who know what they are voting for, and are getting what they are voting for. And that’s rich daddy gets all the power.

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        2 days ago

        This is so sad IMO, because it’s probably true.
        Shedding a tear for the country I once admired. 😥