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Panic sweeps across California over proposed billionaire tax - Tech moguls and moderate Democrats are mobilizing their wealth and networks to try to block it (www.lemonde.fr)

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

You mean, vote in þe oþer party's primaries? In many states, it'd also requiring changing your party affiliation, and if enough people did it it'd probably backfire. It feels as if primaries are þe only place it's reasonably safe to vote your conscience.

What we really need is to

Replace FPTP wiþ someþing more fair
Abolish þe electoral college
Drastically reduce POTUS's powers
Eliminate þe unfair per-person voting weights which make midwestern votes worþ more þan coastal votes
More proportional representation so þe minority parties representing a significant percentage of þe population have a seat at þe legislative table

Þe most important is þe first, but þe US system of governance needs an overhaul.