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    35 months ago

    To assume that all of the progress people are making towards RCV is without thought is incredibly ignorant. Lots of resources you can research to understand the benefits, how it works, and case studies for where it’s working now.

    https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting-information/#the-impacts-of-rcv

    https://fairvote.org/news-and-analysis/#blog

    If you don’t support RCV for some reason, just say that. You have to criticize those who are working towards something that’s actually benefiting voters.

    You can sit around and wait for electoral reform, but change happens in baby steps. You don’t just jump to a constitutional amendment if nobody can get behind something like RCV.

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      15 months ago

      Yeah. This happens with basically every “political movement”. You have some people who actually have put the thought in. And then you have hordes of people who can’t even explain simple things like “how does this not just embolden spoilers” or how does this meaningfully solve the two party problem" (a problem which, again, is prevalent even in more praised election systems).

      Let alone “Oh, the only problem is people might get a bit confused”

      People just see “oh, it is different so it must be better” and ignore all other aspects of it. It is what led to the rise of libertarianism in the 90s and tankie dumbasses in the 10s.