Democracy is losing a popularity contest the least.
As a basis for a system of government, it's not exactly strange women lying in ponds distributing swords.
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xaer0mancer,
Fri 20 Feb 2026, 0:03,
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First Past The Post is not the default setting for democracy.
There are several fairer ways to use votes to allocate representatives. We don't need to keep everything shit.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede,
Fri 20 Feb 2026, 1:18,
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Proportional vote and electoral colleges aren't much better.
Democracy is great, in an ideal world.
In an ideal world, everyone is responsible and engaged enough for anarchism to work, so we wouldn't need democracy.
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xaer0mancer,
Wed 25 Feb 2026, 16:56,
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