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- Comment on Centuries-old leasehold system to be abolished in England and Wales 10 hours ago:
The problem with that referendum was that unless you can confidently and clearly explain why a change is better than the status quo then people tend to stick with what they know.
The offer in that vote didn’t clearly show an improvement to FPTP. The question wasn’t “should we enact proportional representation or not?”. The question wasn’t “Of these five voting systems which would you prefer?”
The question was “At present, the UK uses the “first past the post” system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the “alternative vote” system be used instead?”
The alternative vote system doesn’t really have any obviously huge advantages over FPTP. It doesn’t offer proportional representation.
This short video explains it well:
Obviously, any improvement is better than no improvement but people tend not to like change so you have to very clearly state what they will gain from changing. And that didn’t happen.
This playlist has a few videos explaining voting systems if you’d like to learn more:
- Comment on Should have been born a Limited Liability Corporation 2 weeks ago:
luxury of spending hours shopping, cooking, and cleaning every day
luxury
Y’all need to sort out your country if this is deemed a luxury in America. Richest nation on the planet, my arse!
- Comment on Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website | TechCrunch 3 weeks ago:
For some reason I’m just seeing a headline with no hyperlink. Here’s the link if anyone else has the same issue
- Comment on Non-US alternatives to digital services 4 weeks ago:
Nazis don’t tend to explicitly state their support of Nazis. Even they know it’s taboo.
I sometimes fear that people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress worn by grotesques and monsters as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis.
Fascism arrives as your friend. It will restore your honour, make you feel proud, protect your house, give you a job, clean up the neighbourhood, remind you of how great you once were, clear out the venal and the corrupt, remove anything you feel is unlike you…
It doesn’t walk in saying, "Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution."
- Michael Rosen
- Comment on Non-US alternatives to digital services 4 weeks ago:
“Who cares if I helped fund the Nazi party, I got good value out of it!”
I’m not saying Proton are Nazis. I’m not saying the CEO is a Nazi. However, when someone shows you their true colours, believe them. He has a positive view of Trump, a known racist, rapist, and con-man. Just because the product is good doesn’t mean it’s okay to pay for it when you know that money helps to pay a Trump fan.
This is the worldwide web, there are many alternatives.