- cross-posted to:
- noncrediblediplomacy@sh.itjust.works
- politicalmemes@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- noncrediblediplomacy@sh.itjust.works
- politicalmemes@lemmy.world
SOUTH AMERICAN ELECTIONS
[two different people are being portrayed side by side]
Gabriela Rosa Sympatica
Elementary school teacher
Beloved by her community
Wants to improve lives
[portrait of a smiling woman in overalls]
Diego Hitlerio de la Junta
Son of a previous dictator
Went to jail for corruption
Wants to sterilize natives
[portrait of a frowning nasty looking character in military gear]
Temporary results (98% ballots counted):
[Gabriela] 49.9999%
[Diego] 50.0001%
Hey, Latin American here! A few comments to expand:
The thing is, no matter how much of an anarchist I want to be, I can’t fully support not voting. Because it’s precisely by not voting that the Diego Hitlerios come to power and screw us all over.
wish more people would realise this.
You need a system like Ranked Choice voting to prevent the issues that cause strategic voting and the 2 party system.
What is “Ranked Choice voting”?
Short (mostly correct) answer is instead of picking one candidate, you rank all of them, then when your first choice loses your vote goes to your second choice.
Lets you vote honestly without worrying about who’s most likely to win and gives less common options a chance
this honestly sounds awesome
The UK had a referendum on whether to adopt it and voted against. You ahould have seen the insane rubbish the “no” campaign said about it
We can have nice things once we pass this math test.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/RANKED-CHOICE/zdpxqrolgvx/
I like that this explanation has pictures
To not try to at least prevent the worst outcome from happening and to not try to make the situation better at least somewhat is just stupid. Although I see myself as an anarchist I vote in every election. There is always a not so shit option on the ballot.
Just voting is still not enough and real change will most certainly not come through a election.
I’m also an Anarchist. I hate how the left has to shoot itself in the foot for the sake of purity constantly. Not voting doesn’t make you more of an Anarchist, or whatever you are. It just makes it so you don’t get a say in the election, and the right certainly doesn’t have any of the same issues with voting. You should vote for whatever moves us toward the correct path, not avoid voting because you think you’re too good for it.
Yes, elections suck. If they worked as well as we want we probably wouldn’t have them (or we’d be in a very different situation and this wouldn’t be an issue). However, participation takes almost no effort. The effect it has per unit of effort spent is pretty incredibly high. It’s not going to change the world, but it will help some people, and it only takes you all of a few minutes usually.
The electoral college is one of those many US things that kinda made sense 150 years ago.
…And that we never really fixed.
Whoops.
it only “made sense” then to preserve the power of the elite pseudo-aristocracy, which is the same thing it does now too (despite the other changes that have been made)
Me watching the peruvian ultraleftist who proudly showed a pic proving he voted for “Tung Tung Lenin” last week, not realizing he might end up being the reason his family and him will get disappeared in a fujimorist labor camp in a few months.
Nah, not camps. Sterilized and/or “disappeared”, latinamerican way
Oh trust me, a lot of us fully agree this system is dumb as hell. Personally I’m in favor of a parliamentary system with a PM who is just a random rep from the leading party and disposing of the senate because it just artificially inflates the voting power of corn. Corn’s cool and all, but I don’t think corn’s existence should count as like 6 Californian votes.