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It amazes me that one of the largest countries in the world, with the most diverse demographics, can only chose between two candidates. This is not democracy. It's a shit show that has been going on for far too long.
didn't you vote in the primary? why not?
Americans got to choose between many candidates, and out of those, it's down to 6, and of those 6, it's only really likely 2, that's true.
But it isn't quite like you imply.
I didn't vote in the primary, because I'm not American.
yes, obviously. but the point stands: there wasn't just two candidates, and you don't know what you're talking about.
I understand what you are trying to say. Ultimately, there are only two to vote for. Ideally, there should be more than two parties, and more than two candidates. That's how democracies work. What you have is a dysfunctional system that divides people in two groups, and there are no incentives to cooperate between parties. Proper voting is also suffering due to the two-party system.
https://youtu.be/yhO6jfHPFQU
In my country, the parties with the majority of votes and the ability to cooperate gets to form a government. We also try to make it easy to get people to vote, insted of your system of gerrymandering.
there are 6 parties, but only two of the six are large ones at the moment.
Yes I know, but the voting system favours the two largest. Thats why they are large. Small parties have 0% chance og getting representatives into the houses, so they are basically irrelevant.
just as long as you know you're wrong. 👍
Yes, it's important to defend the only thing you know, even how bad it might be. 😄