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 (DIR) Post #9g1F4jpjllfppAyhqS by whirli@mstdn.io
       2019-02-20T06:01:03Z
       
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       https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote putting the technical side (how to actually organize the vote) on the side for the minute, who can tell me why plurality voting is still more widely used than single transferable voting?To me, this seems like the best way to do the whole democracy thing. Your vote wouldn't feel so wasted.#singletransferablevoting #democracy #poll
       
 (DIR) Post #9g1Hp6J0kaqUkXuDqa by Wolf480pl@niu.moe
       2019-02-20T07:55:06Z
       
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       @whirli STV is hard for people to understand. The purpose of an election isn't to choose a leader, but to convince everyone that the leader was chosen in a fair way.
       
 (DIR) Post #9g1Hr8KoB59NcbiR8q by Wolf480pl@niu.moe
       2019-02-20T07:55:30Z
       
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       @whirli s/fair/legitimate/
       
 (DIR) Post #9g1NGZQv3wFgg1WTVw by vercingetorix@shitposter.club
       2019-02-20T08:55:13.556641Z
       
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       @byllgrim @whirli @wolf480pl cool voting systems don't mean anything when nefarious external control the media and the government gets to import people to vote for them
       
 (DIR) Post #9g1OWFgMMcBa0XmoD2 by vercingetorix@shitposter.club
       2019-02-20T09:09:16.262547Z
       
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       @byllgrim @wolf480pl @whirli no it's that voting is worthless when you're a minority
       
 (DIR) Post #9g1V9ZO1dYMW8dLGCG by whirli@mstdn.io
       2019-02-20T10:24:30Z
       
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       @byllgrim @vercingetorix @Wolf480pl the main advantage, to me, is how voters can more freely vote for minority options as well. When you get to choose more than one candidate it feels like your vote is worth something.
       
 (DIR) Post #9g1dzXRwskFyp6T75M by whirli@mstdn.io
       2019-02-20T10:41:01Z
       
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       @byllgrim @vercingetorix @Wolf480pl and I think talking about how fucked up the media and other things, like money in politics, (in some countries) are is not the actual topic. Why isn't "STV" more widely used?
       
 (DIR) Post #9g1hOigWXyXyloz84G by whirli@mstdn.io
       2019-02-20T12:41:41Z
       
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       @byllgrim that might be one of the reasons, yeah. I wish I could post you the link, but I read a longer thing on the threats to democracy and one was complacency. How democracy is seen as already somehow perfect, no need to try and better something that is already just fine.