@freemo Thanks.
@freemo @Demosthenes Interesting point. I will definitely have to think about this.
@freemo I have not heard the story about the 16 year old. Mind sharing a link?
@Demosthenes @freemo One possibility is that the Republican party collapses at some non-near-future point and another comes forth to take its place.
I have recently also been thinking of a third, weirder idea: an exclusively congressional party or block of independents designed to break gridlock in Congress by robbing both parties of majority. This may not change the executive branch, but it could make the legislative branch function again.
@Demosthenes Yes thats true.. like I said other forms of voting encourage a break from two-party entrenchment. so yea if you have a nation prone to latching on to a two-party fallacy mentality then other voting systems do a better job at protecting against that. I think we agree on that idea then.
But it is important for people to know there is no two party system as it stands now other than the illusion of one. There is no logical or reasonable reason one should vote two-party, your vote is no more effective in doing so.
@freemo To be fair Biden is probably not going to do anything remotely segregationist at this point, and I strongly suspect he has moved beyond that politically if not morally, given the vast timespan between him then and him now and the changes in the Democratic party. Still aggravating that we now have yet another old white Christian man due to be in office.
RT @NewYorker@twitter.com
An American President attacking American democracy in advance of an election has simply never been seen before. But Donald Trump continues to do it every day, in the final run-up to November 3rd. http://nyer.cm/B1BXcoP
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1322053841030963200
"[The #Trump Presidency] is self-dealing, denialism, dishonesty, and deflection. It is narcissism, recklessness, and disregard for the public good—and for democracy itself."
Is this ringing any deafeningly loud bells, India?
@matrix I could smell this turd from Mike Gravel a mile away when it was announced. Noped out of there real quick.
The response to PragerU is not to make a different PragerU, but lying for the opposing political cause. Also, it's Mike Gravel:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-farewell-to-mike-gravel-2020s-weirdest-presidential-candidate/
Youtube-dl is a legitimate tool with a world of a lawful uses. Demanding its removal from Github is a disappointing and counterproductive move by the RIAA. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md
The EU has had it with Big Tech and is ready to take action. Read our analysis of their (leaked) enforcement plans. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/eu-vs-big-tech-leaked-enforcement-plans-and-dutch-french-counterproposal
Mathematics Ph.D. Likes hanging out with almost everyone regardless of political views or anything else.
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