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THE FIRST-PAST-THE-POST/PLURALITY ELECTION SYSTEM IS NEITHER HELPFUL, FUNNY, NOR COOL (lemmy.sdf.org)
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I FUCKING HATE THE FIRST-PAST-THE-POST/PLURALITY ELECTORAL SYSTEM FUCK IT IT IS A STEAMING PILE OF BULLSHIT THAT PRODUCES STEAMING PILES OF HORSESHIT BLENDED WITH DOGSHIT-STEEPED BOG WATER SERVED CHILLED IN A MILKSHAKE GLASS I HATE IT I WANT IT TO DIE IN A VOLCANO AND THEN WHEN THE VOLCANO ERUPTS I WANT THE LAVA CONTAINING ITS REMNANTS TO SOLIDIFY AND GET SMASHED BY A METEOR IT FUCKING SUCKS HAIRY SHITTY ASS HOW FUCKING DARE YOU NEGLECT VOTERS' FULL PREFERENCE RANKING AND DENY US A CONDORCET WINNER (assuming one exists) YOU FUCKING DUMBASS FUCK WHY THE FUCK IS THE WINNING CANDIDATE THE ONE WITH 40% SUPPORT THAT MEANS MOST PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY YOU FUCKING SHITLICKER I AM GOING TO CRAP A MOTHERFUCKING CASTLE AND NOW THE ELECTORATE GOES AND BLAMES PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR SIMILARLY-MINDED CANDIDATES FOR SPLITTING THE VOTE NO NO NO IT IS THE FUCKING FIRST-PAST-THE-POST/PLURALITY SHITSTAIN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE WITHOUT FEAR OF THINGS SHITTING THE BED FUCKING FUCK

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[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I mean, yeah FPTP sucks, but you gotta play the game you're actually in, not the one you wanna be in.

[-] pieguy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 days ago

Correct though you are, it's still so disheartening to sometimes see people blame others for splitting the vote when it's ultimately a shitty game we're subject to.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's a shitty co-op game though. If you're playing Hearts, it doesn't matter how "disheartening" it is to blame your partner for trying to play by Spades rules, you're not playing Spades. Sure, you may both wish you were playing Spades instead, but you aren't, and playing by the wrong rules is how you lose.

In the game we're subject to, splitting the vote is splitting the vote.

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