Hans van Zijst

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Professional nerd and grammar nazi, writes in Dutch and English. Can read some German, French and Spanish too. Learning русский.

Location:: Netherlands

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 17:38:45 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

earendil@diaspora.glasswings.com wrote the following post Sat, 15 Oct 2022 16:38:33 +0200

#voting

#extremism
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Sat, 15 Oct 2022 18:03:35 +0200

V. T. Eric Layton

vtel57@diasp.org

And thanks to a rigged system -> biased creation of voting districts (gerrymandering), restricted access for some voters, etc., your vote may not protect you against these folks above gaining power within your government.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 18:20:48 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@V. T. Eric Layton True, but not voting will make foul play unnecessary. Not voting is -in my eyes- yielding to whatever group of people is motivated enough to vote.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 19:09:32 +0200

V. T. Eric Layton

vtel57@diasp.org

Oh, I'm definitely NOT saying that folks should abandon all hope and not bother voting. I'm just saying that changes need to be made to this system to create a more fair and accurate representation of the ALL the citizens of this country (the U.S.).

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 20:19:34 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@V. T. Eric Layton Agree. But those are two different matters, and you're wasting your chance on fundamental reforms if you waste your vote.

Problem in America is that you don't have much choice to start with, you get to pick one of two parties who see frustrating the other one as their primary goal. I think that's one thing that should be changed, Americans should have the choice of several parties, each with their own programs.

That way they would need to form alliances instead of fighting one single enemy. People will vote based on which party's program best matches their wishes, so programs and policy will have to be about what "we the people" want, instead of about keeping a leash on the one other party.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 20:39:18 +0200

Adam Hunt

gander22h@diasp.org

The US certainly needs a few more viable parties.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 23:48:31 +0200

V. T. Eric Layton

vtel57@diasp.org

Problem in America is that you don’t have much choice to start with...

Yes. It's always "lesser of the evils", unfortunately. One party is totally insane; the other sits with their thumbs up their asses worrying about getting re-elected next time around.

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