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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

leave it to the UK to create a system somehow less functional than the electoral college here in the US. Huzzah to the special relationship.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FPTP is exactly as dumb as the US election system, because it’s the same thing the US has.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do people in the usa get taught anything about how various different kinds of democracies work in their mandatory schooling?

It's confusing to me, as even in isolated old Australia we learn about different kinds of voting systems and republics vs monarchies etc.