Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Bernie Sanders: Vote Harris because Gaza is ‘not the only issue’forward.comexternal-linkmessage-square407fedilinkarrow-up1938arrow-down137
arrow-up1901arrow-down1external-linkBernie Sanders: Vote Harris because Gaza is ‘not the only issue’forward.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square407fedilink
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 年前 Maybe the system is set up to limit the power of protest voting? It absolutely is set up that way. This may or may not have been the intent of our election system, but it is the outcome.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 年前I think there may be some conflict in the interpretation of “set up”. When you say it was “absolutely” set up that way, keep in mind that many if not most would interpret “set up” to definitively include intent.
minus-squaredraneceusrex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 年前Washington himself warned of the dangers of a 2 party system…
It absolutely is set up that way. This may or may not have been the intent of our election system, but it is the outcome.
I think there may be some conflict in the interpretation of “set up”. When you say it was “absolutely” set up that way, keep in mind that many if not most would interpret “set up” to definitively include intent.
Washington himself warned of the dangers of a 2 party system…
He warned about parties themselves.
Fair distinction.