Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States

vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because you never were a democracy

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  • vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not USA or from USA.

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• stinerman@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because if you have the power to make it illegal, by definition, the old system worked for you (you won), so why would you change it?

  It’s cynical as all hell, but that’s how it works.

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  • vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean yeah but it feels stupider to me. Like bumping your head on something repeatedly then seeing somebody else bump their head, laugh at them and then bump your own head again. Like political slapstick.

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• explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Simply vote for the one who’s not supporting it the least to push them towards actually supporting it at all.

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