Jennykichu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agoGood thing they're not old enough to vote anyway rightlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up146
arrow-up1-30imageGood thing they're not old enough to vote anyway rightlemmy.dbzer0.comJennykichu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarebratosch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoFPTP sounds good on paper, but if in the end they still need >50%, doesn’t that defeat the entire point?
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoFPTP does sound good on paper, but for every complex problem there is a solution that is simple, fast, and wrong. Here’s the obligatory link to the CGP Grey video on the topic
minus-squarebratosch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWell okay I didn’t consider the entire picture of fptp. Having multiple options to choose from doesn’t automatically turn into a two party system, how power is divided after an election is the problem.
FPTP sounds good on paper, but if in the end they still need >50%, doesn’t that defeat the entire point?
FPTP does sound good on paper, but for every complex problem there is a solution that is simple, fast, and wrong. Here’s the obligatory link to the CGP Grey video on the topic
Well okay I didn’t consider the entire picture of fptp. Having multiple options to choose from doesn’t automatically turn into a two party system, how power is divided after an election is the problem.