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Your belief makes it real (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Context: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The new guy won despite winning <5% of votes in the last election. If people vote for the candidate they like instead of trying to game the system by calculating who they'd rather not win the most, then maybe we can kick out corrupt incumbents and get in fresh faces (they'll get corrupted over time too, at which point you rinse and repeat).

[–] Soup 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yea for sure, that I’m behind 100%. “Strategic voting” is just silencing your one chance to have a real voice based on whoever’s PR team is doing better.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Didn't that happen in France in 2017? A party got founded and won.

That happens sometimes even in first-past-the-post systems.