Any history nerds who can explain how electoral reforms have come about since it seems like the incentive structure is completely aligned against the politicians currently in office ever seeing a pressing need to reform elections when it was those same elections that got them elected and so therefore benefit them personally, even if they acknowledge that they are imperfect systems.

It seems impossible. Bourgeois Democracy is such an endless crock of shit from top to bottom.

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  • CarbonScored [any]
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    10 months ago

    So the most common method is the loser option - vote for a third party that wants positive electoral reform and hope it actually tries to follow through?

    • save_vs_death [they/them]
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      10 months ago

      hope they're smart enough to recognise this is a one-off and they are otherwise slated for eradication; or indeed what i missed from my initial example, a declining part that is on its way out will also attempt election reform in order to put their thumbs on the scale and make the fall less damaging to their prospects