• BigBenis@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s interesting how when the Democrats are in power they struggle to get legislation across the line, get “outraged” when Republicans stymie their efforts, and eventually agree to cut bills down to the point where they’re achieving a fraction of what they were supposed to.

    But when Republicans are in power, Dems seem incapable of putting up any resistance and cry to their voters that if only they just had a few more donation dollars they’d be able to defeat fascism and then turn around and let the Republicans pass whatever awful legislation they want.

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        3 months ago

        It’s a bit more than performative. It’s pacifying. It manages to convince a lot of people that it does everything in its power so said people shouldn’t feel like there’s anything else to be done but vote again next time.

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          3 months ago

          Ranked choice voting already exists in several local and state races, most recently DC. It’s mostly blue states, because Democrats tend to allow it. Several Republican states have legislation banning it statewide, but such laws are entirely absent in blue states.

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      3 months ago

      Nailed it. That’s the scheme. Provides plausible deniability, while keeping half of the electorate from seeking options that would hurt the corporate bottom line.