• ferristriangle [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    My favorite electoralism bit is the guy that made a font where all the characters were all different gerrymandered districts.

      • Kumikommunism [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Aside from the fact that the sentence had to be written wrong because there's no 'q'.

      • blobjim [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Libs say the founding fathers were smart and innovative in the way they crafted our "democracy" but this is roughly the system they created (although obviously there wasn't even a semblance of democracy to start in the first place).

        • sayssanford [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          They were smart about creating a system where the effect of popular opinion is minimized. It's truly marvelous how everyone votes and everyone more or less wants the same things but the votes or wants never actually matter.

          • blobjim [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Yeah they were careful in only extending the electoral system to groups of people (workers, women and black people) once they were assured electoralism would be useful to control those demographics.

            • sayssanford [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              Not just suffrage but the intricate political rules and mechanisms in place to dilute and distort popular will.