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Grindl@lemm.eeto politics @lemmy.world•House Republicans Are Set to Pass a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions | “It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”English92·20 days agoYou’re mistaken if you believe they need a non-fabricated reason. The Reichstag will burn on schedule.
Grindl@lemm.eeto politics @lemmy.world•Rand Paul Fears Trump Tariffs Could Mean 1930s-Style Republican Wipeout: ‘We Lost the House and Senate for 60 Years’English2·27 days agoTwo parties is a design flaw of first past the post. There can be regional parties, and occasionally re-alignment elections, but the natural outcome of single member first past the post elections is two big-tent parties with roughly 50% of the seats each.
You need proportional representation or multi-member districts to have more than two stable parties.
Donations to AfD, a political party whose leaders have regularly violated Germany’s anti-Nazi laws. It’s really that simple.
Grindl@lemm.eeto People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•An ethics professor at Cambridge talks about teaching ethics in 2025English114·1 month agoMy dude, Kant refuted that over two centuries ago. There’s no need to invoke a deity or require pure empiricism for morality. Absolute moral rules can be discovered through logical deduction.
Grindl@lemm.eeto politics @lemmy.world•The Democratic Opposition Should Look More Like Rep. Al GreenEnglish21·2 months agoNot during a joint session. The house and senate were not themselves in session.
If you pay taxes, you are participating. That’s the part that makes you complicit, not your vote
Ms. Frizzle was a real one. In the decomposition episode, she starts singing John Brown’s Body.