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Tankies after a long day of explaining why elections with only one candidate are the peak of Workers' Democracy
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this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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"It's not democracy if two coalitions attract a majority of the population to vote for one or the other"?
Like, fuck, there's so much wrong with two-party systems, but "It's not democratic" kind of fucking ignores that there's nothing keeping any given party competitive except the support of a near-majority for the coalition.
I didn't say a 2 person ballot wasn't a democracy. I said it wasn't even twice as good as a dictatorship.
... I'm lost.
They're trying to say the American political system sucks in the dumbest possible way.