• Lad@reddthat.com
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    5 months ago

    How do you get electoral reform if you keep voting for the two major parties that both benefit from it and want to keep it?

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      5 months ago

      I’d generally agree, but the problem is that this particular instance is much higher stakes than most elections.

      Generally speaking, the worst case scenario would be someone like John McCain taking the reins instead of Obama. I didn’t agree with McCain about a lot of things but he was a generally honorable guy who wanted to do the best for American democracy.

      Now we have a group who is polling to win and outright saying “America needs a dictatorship”. If they get their way, it could be the last election we ever have.

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          5 months ago

          McCain was a conservative and I don’t agree with his policies but compared to today’s Republican Party, he was a knight in shining armor. He spoke and acted in good faith, at least.