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US Politics 20w
Direct vote is NIGHTMARE for representation. Tyranny of the majority. You stop gerrymandering first Dems. Filibuster is necessary to protect minority party. Superpacs PROTECT FREE SPEECH. Pardons are IN THE CONSTITUTION. Term limits cause brain drain
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US Politics 20w
Government easy fix - Direct vote for President - ban gerrymandering - ban filibuster - ban superpac - make pardons have some check, maybe they require assent from 1/2 of Congress idk - term limits (congress & Supreme Court)
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Anonymous 20w

I thought you were serious for a second 😭

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Anonymous 20w

Both parties gerrymander but only one side has ever tried to end gerrymandering. Hint: it’s not the fascists.

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Anonymous 20w

Surely you can’t be serious

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Anonymous 20w

Hey dip shit. Direct democracy is just getting a text on your phone twice a day on whether or not the government should do something. We have been able to do that for literal decades. It’s not a technological issue. It’s not a practical issue. It’s that the oligarchy. The rich people that owned the government and use it to oppress the population. Find it completely suitable to their needs and will continue it as many quarters as we give them.

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Anonymous replying to -> alphanerd 20w

Own*

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Anonymous replying to -> alphanerd 20w

There’s definitely quite a few reasons why we do not use the internet to vote BUT we could do direct democracy for the president, I mean we already count everyone’s vote anyways.

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Anonymous replying to -> alphanerd 20w

Online voting is kinda a non-starter for a bunch of reasons 1. Boomers 2. There’s hella vote manipulation opportunities. Blockchain solves 1 problem, man-in-the-middle, it doesn’t solve any other issue inherently. Online transactions *are* unsafe , billions of dollars a year get lost due to fraud. Credit card companies will just take the L and refund you if you get frauded.

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Anonymous replying to -> alphanerd 20w

for example the EU age verification app has already been hacked to hell and back and that’s minor compared to voting. (It was intended for beta testing knowing it might get hacked)

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Anonymous replying to -> alphanerd 20w

Like everything goes to a whole population vote?

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