• rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This can be shortened to:

    Democrats have learned to talk like arguing traders on a ME bazaar, with that ā€œmunnatā€ tone, but havenā€™t yet learned to actually bargain like people do in such situations.

    The issue is, Iā€™m not sure this is correct. You are presenting Democrats as acting in your interest, just dumb.

    I seriously doubt there are people dumber than you and me anywhere close to their leadership. But assuming that they are acting in your interest is unsubstantiated.

    Also I hope this

    is the day Democrats never lose again.

    doesnā€™t mean you want a single-party system.

    Soviet newspaper quotes of the kind ā€œour single-party democracy is showing itself to be more efficient than their useless oscillations between Democrats and Republicansā€ are supposed to be a joke.

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      4 months ago

      I think of it more like Republicans disintegrate. Democrats become the conservative party, ranked choice passes and we get coalitions with numerous third parties.

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        4 months ago

        Why would Democrats pass ranked choice when they donā€™t have competition under existing system?

        Has anyone ever yielded power voluntarily?

        OK, sometimes very illuminated and virtuous souls do that. Just in case, these are not on the ballot.

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          4 months ago

          In my hypothetical a progressive party would surely arise to contest the conservative democrats. Hopefully they would bring ranked choice mainstream.