I see what you did there. π Proportional Representation would solve a big problem here in the US as well. Among the many reasons turnout in US elections has been declining for the past 60 years is the practice of discouraging people from voting for other than the establishment-preferred politicians by claiming that doing so would be wasting a vote. The reasoning? because that candidate "can't win." Therefore voters should hold their noses and vote for the lesser of two evils. Nonparticipation serves the establishment almost as well, since it allows for targeting resources at a smaller population. (The absurd extreme can be seen in presidential elections here, in which only a handful of states actually determine the outcome.) It would be so refreshing to have even a small percentage of seats held by a party (or multiple parties) permanently aligned with neither Team Red nor Team Blue, to keep the worst excesses of either from being made into law. Unfortunately, in response to the Progressive Movement of the early 20th Century, Democrats and Republicans here passed laws that have made it almost impossible for "third parties" to even get on the ballot. That's true of all 50 states.
I completely agree. The establishment has it rigged so that whoever gets in will be almost the same, the rich and military carry on regardless. Red or blue in either country and you have support for Zionism, apartheid, colonialism and so on.
How this rotten system works: https://getprdone.org.uk/blog-the-nearly-iron-laws-of-fptp/
βhundred emails from potential constituentsββ¦ go Karl go ! π€πͺ
My fingertips have blisters!
I'm a huge fan of pro rep too. Good for you, supporting it, Karl!
Thank you! Anything to introduce democracy to the UK!
I see what you did there. π Proportional Representation would solve a big problem here in the US as well. Among the many reasons turnout in US elections has been declining for the past 60 years is the practice of discouraging people from voting for other than the establishment-preferred politicians by claiming that doing so would be wasting a vote. The reasoning? because that candidate "can't win." Therefore voters should hold their noses and vote for the lesser of two evils. Nonparticipation serves the establishment almost as well, since it allows for targeting resources at a smaller population. (The absurd extreme can be seen in presidential elections here, in which only a handful of states actually determine the outcome.) It would be so refreshing to have even a small percentage of seats held by a party (or multiple parties) permanently aligned with neither Team Red nor Team Blue, to keep the worst excesses of either from being made into law. Unfortunately, in response to the Progressive Movement of the early 20th Century, Democrats and Republicans here passed laws that have made it almost impossible for "third parties" to even get on the ballot. That's true of all 50 states.
I completely agree. The establishment has it rigged so that whoever gets in will be almost the same, the rich and military carry on regardless. Red or blue in either country and you have support for Zionism, apartheid, colonialism and so on.