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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

The American public generally supports the kinds of policies we see in "good socialist" countries like the Netherlands, but our voting and representation system has locked in a right and far-right party. We're going to have to get Approval Voting and Proportional Representation installed via referendum if we want the elected officials to actually represent the will of the people.