• Grimtuck@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Actually I think it’s vitally important that voters learn from this. Or you’ll all be doomed to repeat this mistake again in the future, if you get the chance that is.

    • Michael@slrpnk.net
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      6 hours ago

      Consider reading about representative democracy.

      In a representative democracy, people don’t primarily vote to vote against the candidate they don’t like, they primarily vote for the candidate that represents them. Let’s get candidates to represent voters and potential voters and relearn that lesson as a society.

    • BrianTheFirst@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      But who are these posts talking to? People who were lost in the wilderness for the past 9 months, and just got online for the first time this year? It’s just a rage circle-jerk at this point.