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• ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  if there is only two parties/candidates running for each of these seats and the districts are divided this way

  So, suppose these things were not immutable laws of nature, would a better representation the be possible?
  If e.g. the candidates of our rectangle had 5 seats to compete for instead of one?

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you think “districts” means?

  A subsection of a larger unit, here the subsections of a rectangle. What does that have to do with me not guessing what the rectangle represents?

  And the U.S. President is not elected like this, no. There is no districting involved in US Presidential elections,

  In many states, it is winner take all for that state’s Electors, with the winner being the one with the plurality of votes in a FPTP election

  Ok, so there is an election system like the one I criticized in the US, just not in every state.

  Some others assign their Electors proportionally.

  Would you then say, that this is better than “winner takes all” and that “blue wins” is not perfect?

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Ranked Choice is an improvement, yes

  So if improvements are possible then the current situation can by definition not be perfect, right?

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I just took the graphic literally without trying to guess which body (presumably in the US) this might represent.
  If I need more information to understand the implication of this graphic than it imparts on me, then it’s not very informative.

  At no point does it imply proportional representation or that blue has a majority in some form of parliament.
  So if blue just “wins” then red isn’t represented at all. And I’m pretty sure there are election systems like this, including the US presidential election, or am I mistaken there?

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  When there is one seat, two parties, and you’re using First Past the Post voting (which is a terrible voting system that inevitably causes the two party divide), yes

  So we can agree the system is inherently bad at representation?
  Sounds more like that outcome is the “least bad” rather than “perfect”.

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe proportional representation instead of winner takes it all?

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  So, “perfect representation” is when one side wins that does not represent 40% of the votes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Trump fires the Fed’s Powell ‘both the currency and the bond market can collapse,’ according to Deutsche Bank⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Duestche bank

  Deutsche Bank

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elden Ring's player engagement is through the roof: 45% of its Steam players have played for 100+ hours⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the game.
  100 hours in WOW is nothing, 100 hours in Firewatch is mental

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Books that help you sleep⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One nice, warm, sunny summer afternoon I fell asleep reading The Trial by Kafka…
  Three times. On the same page.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No beans, only dogs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re not sold as ‘hot dogs’ but I’m pretty sure there isn’t a place in Germany where plain old bratwurst in a plain old bun isn’t a thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No beans, only dogs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The standard hotdog you can find in Germany consists of a bun and sausage with ketchup, mustard, crispy onions, pickles and sometimes cole slaw.

  Where would that be the “standard”?
  The most common sausage in a bun combination is just sausage, bun, ketchup/mustard.
  Unless you’re specifically talking about restaurants that have an item called “Hot Dog” on their menu, which in turn is rather rare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not entirely sure, what you’re advocating for.

  There are Turkish supermarkets, restaurants, döner stalls, and barbers all over the place.

  I also know a Turkish electrician, but I’ll go to him when I need an electrician, not when I need a Turk.