Post 9jDUglbw1cXR2OCUQS by cathal@sunbeam.city
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 (DIR) Post #9jDUglbw1cXR2OCUQS by cathal@sunbeam.city
       2019-05-26T22:34:53Z
       
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       I know lots of you beamers are anti-voting, but I gotta say I'm happy to see the Green Wave bearing out here in Ireland and EU.I'd prefer if we'd have a sortition system, but if we have to have elections.. I'm really glad we do them by proportional representation. Voting meant putting the candidates in order of preference, so I knew my vote would end up AT WORST voting for a mainstream party to deny far right. But it looks like maybe I did better and got my first pref? Time will tell.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jDUglmvMlKRaTLGYS by cathal@sunbeam.city
       2019-05-26T22:38:04Z
       
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       Do I think the "Green Wave" will save us? Not by itself, not even 10%. But it's a signal that, _less than 1 year since the IPCC's stark warning_, momentum is building, despite the wilful apathy of mainstream politics.People are signalling to one another: climate is a mainstream concern. Preaching about solar and bikes and vegetarianism and anti-natalism, etc.. we're reaching a point where it's starting to stick.We can win.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jDUkEOvRMshCIldUu by GreenandBlack@sunbeam.city
       2019-05-26T22:38:35Z
       
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       @cathal I'm not against voting as harm mitigation, I just don't like the representative system. Truth be told, I really strongly dislike the idea of sortition as well. As for these elections, not all member states get STV unfortunately. Countries using the D'Hondt method (like the UK) still have a large number of wasted and tactical votes.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jDUrQtVOCLbyIVM5A by GreenandBlack@sunbeam.city
       2019-05-26T22:46:40Z
       
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       @cathal "anti-natalism"I'm sorry wut
       
 (DIR) Post #9jDUrR6ya77ge4o74y by DJWalnut@pleroma.weirdart.space
       2019-05-26T22:54:05.004143Z
       
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       @GreenandBlack @cathal yeah some people think it's immoral to have children. After all I'd bring someone into this world only to deal with suffering and then you die? I'm not that big of Hannity idea myself since I like being alive as much as it sucks most of the time but it is a thing a small number of people are into