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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So would ending the first-past-the-post voting system, which is what amplifies marginal changes in public sentiment to extreme changes in government policy in the first place.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What about strange women lying in ponds distributing swords?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe slightly worse than the Electoral College.