Except not in a first past the post system. Voting 3rd party is just a vote for whichever of the two main parties you like least. Sucks, but that’s reality.
It’s not misinformation to state how things end up functioning in practice. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger's_law?wprov=sfla1It’s a well known thing for anyone who’s studied the tiniest bit of political science (or you know, was around in 2000 for that US election).
The way the votes get counted only matters insofar as their tangible real world outcome. The fact that your individual vote went to a specific third party or even abstaining ends up being irrelevant. The outcomes are the same and the party you prefer least is more likely to win. Again, I’m not advocating that this is a good system, but it is our current reality and stating that to be misinformation is ignorant at best or straight up manipulative propaganda at worst.
I won’t disagree with you that it is voter suppression in the sense that it supresses votes for third parties, but I didn’t set up the system so maybe channel your anger towards more productive means other than shooting the messenger. The way things stand today, that’s how the math works out if you care to check the link I shared.
I never said they won’t be counted, just that it doesn’t matter if your goal is to get as similarly minded a group elected. You made up that claim, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that’s because we view the goal of voting through very different lenses. If that isn’t your goal and it’s just to “see number go up” as it seems then sure you’re 100% right. Depends on what is important to you. To me practical results matter more than getting to feel morally smug.
Either way, lots of your responses (not just to me in this thread) are sounding right out of right wing playbooks so I’m gonna say so long since I don’t think you’re arguing in good faith.
If done instead of reducing current emissions, 100%. That said, there is a real need to invest in carbon capture technology now so that it can be more useful in the future. It’s a small part of the overall strategy to improve our climate future, but an important one as we get further along in the century and emissions already are reduced. So, yeah, if people hold up this technology and say “see, let’s keep drilling”, fuck that. But as long as it’s an “and” not an “or”, this is a good thing.
That is happening, maybe slower than any of us want ( and honestly probably time a bit to help in the election), but the rescheduling process had begun.
Steam Next Fest, which is a regular event for showcasing upcoming games, is happening now on steam and will continue until February 12 at 10:00 AM PST (UTC-8)....
Man, I really want to love Millenia. It feels like it has so many great ideas mechanically (from the ages mechanic to how resources work domestically and internationally), it just seems really rough at the moment. The pacing feels off and the flavor comes off just bland (none of the civs seem to have much character).
Looks like he’s still fighting the sentence and his friends set up a gofund me to help pay his legal fees. Should anyone be interested in showing him some support outside of the commissary.
He already pleaded guilty, but then got hit with the maximum sentence (seemingly from pressure from people like Rick Scott). He’s still trying to fight it out legally and his friends put together a gofundme to help cover his legal fees, but a pressure campaign for a pardon doesn’t sound like a half bad idea either.
Shame is psychologically painful - or brain will do amazing things to avoid that pain. You’re right that admitting fault is a power move, but it requires being able to cope with that potential pain and move forward. Easier to just assert the other person is wrong and avoid that pain completely.
I actually have run into him on the street a couple times - he still wears the question mark suit (even when just like going to the grocery store) and his car is even covered with them. He is committed.
Highly recommend the essay that quote is from: “Anti-Semite and Jew”. It’s written from that post-liberation of Paris/ending of ww2 perspective, but a lot of the insights on the nature of that kind of societal hate still hold up pretty well.
Similar to the recent question about artists where you can successfully separate them from their art. Are there any artists who did something so horrible, so despicable, that it has instantly invalidated all art that they have had any part in?
We’re supposedly in a representative democracy but the representatives have an approval rating of 13%. Tell me how that makes sense.
Not trying to justify things as they stand, but an impprtant caveat is that’s for Congress as a whole. Ask people how they feel about their rep and you get much different numbers. Basically, everyone else is the problem.
While true, it’s also true many states were close individually and, because of how our elections work, the election could have gone differently if about 43,000 votes in strategic places went the other way. I’d call that close.
Deflation can be even more destructive than inflation. It would basically make all kinds of debt more expensive, to which real estate is particularly sensitive. There’s a chance that could force over leveraged property owners to sell, but with more expensove debt, there will be fewer buyers and it would tend to be those who can take on the higher risk (aka the already wealthy).
All that is to say, I don’t have a solution either (especiallly if high taxes on non-dwelling properties doesn’t seem to be making an impact), but deflation is almost never good…
It’ll be interesting to see if they do. Larian themselves have said they have no plans at the moment, in no small part due to how in 5e at lvl 12+ powers get hard to balance/model in a computer game. But given the success at launch, they’re probably going to feel a lot of pressure to make one. I’m curious how they’ll get around it. My guess is they’ll either have to more strongly deviate from 5e or it’s a side plot with new characters.
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Liberals Are Not Laughing About Jon Stewart's Jabs at Joe Biden (www.rollingstone.com)
He also said that the danger posed by another Trump term doesn’t excuse Biden from scrutiny but “actually makes him more subject to scrutiny.”...
The U.S. Department of Energy will award up to $100 million for projects that remove CO2 from the atmosphere (www.scientificamerican.com)
Just Say It, Democrats: Biden Has Been a Great President (newrepublic.com)
Steam Next Fest is currently ongoing - which demos did you like/dislike? (store.steampowered.com)
Steam Next Fest, which is a regular event for showcasing upcoming games, is happening now on steam and will continue until February 12 at 10:00 AM PST (UTC-8)....
Charles Littlejohn: Man who stole and leaked Trump tax records sentenced to 5 years in prison (www.cnn.com)
The man who stole and leaked former President Donald Trump and thousands of other’s tax records has been sentenced to five years in prison....
Trump’s ‘achilles heel’? Haley’s refusal to drop out infuriates ex-president (www.theguardian.com)
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Is it just me, or have the comments on Lemmy become extra aggressive over the past 3 months?
I feel like things on Lemmy were pretty chill several months ago, and that’s started to change....
Be better! (lemmy.world)
The man has a point (lemmy.world)
Both sides though.
Is there an artist so horrible that no matter how hard you try that you cannot separate their art from them?
Similar to the recent question about artists where you can successfully separate them from their art. Are there any artists who did something so horrible, so despicable, that it has instantly invalidated all art that they have had any part in?
Nope still don't get it (lemmy.world)
Young Activists to Biden: Change Course on Gaza — or Lose in 2024 (www.rollingstone.com)
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Second Republican primary debate had the lowest TV viewership since 2015 (www.cnbc.com)
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StarOcean The Second Story R will include three options of voice acting to choose from: EN voice acting from the PSP version,New JP recordings from the original PS1 cast, JP voice acting from PSP ver (twitter.com)
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