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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You are right in that I wouldn't consider the US system as bad at giving individuals a voice as the Chinese/Russian systems. It is actually worse than the Hungarian system even afte Orbán fucked it up even more though.

How many of those primaries happened before the previous election? If I run as an independent, will I get the same campaign resources as the other parties? Otherwise the whole election and the mandate is only about as meaningful as that of Orbán. I don't consider Hungary a democracy, it's an electoral autocracy.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You are right in that I wouldn’t consider the US system as bad at giving individuals a voice as the Chinese/Russian systems.

I mean, that's my main point of contention. Beyond that I'm not trying to say much.