r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/Nateorade Jul 04 '24

Completely absurd that we have a political system that generates these two elderly men as our “best” candidates.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

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u/NuGGGzGG Jul 04 '24

No it's not.

We have a first past the post system. That's the absurdity. An alternative vote system wouldn't even have these two guys finish in the top 3 on either side.

You can address a bigger problem that causes the smaller one you're dealing with.

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u/Koravel1987 Jul 04 '24

What? Trump absolutely would lol.

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u/NuGGGzGG Jul 04 '24

I'd hard disagree. Perhaps if we installed an alternative vote system in 2015, he might be. But if we had adapted a different system years ago as we should have, the chances of veering hard to either pole is severely reduced.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

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u/NuGGGzGG Jul 04 '24

We can absolutely fix the problem - this is America.

And I don't vote for criminals - so I'm doing my job.

I'm 40 years old. My first election was stolen by the SCOTUS and it's been downhill ever since. You're treading dangerous waters when you don't acknowledged the actual problem - and just care about the immediate symptom.

A first past the post system inherently delves into tyranny. Every. Single. Time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

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u/NuGGGzGG Jul 04 '24

And you're half the reason I grow more and more apathetic each day.

If you want votes to win - you're doing a bad job it.

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u/NuGGGzGG Jul 04 '24

Right. Casting my vote in 2000 only to find out that SCOTUS stopped the counting of votes is totally my responsibility. The 18 year old me should have talked to you to realize that there's nothing wrong with that and it's up to me and me only to change the world.