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When parties are roughly evenly matched, elections often turn on irrelevant or misleading considerations such as economic spurts or downturns beyond the incumbents’ control; the outcomes are essentially random. Thus, voters do not control the course of public policy, even indirectly.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691169446/democracy-for-realists
Duverger’s law, the way the elections are winner takes all makes it mathematically certain there are only two viable options. It’s basic math which people failed at.
MrSmiley@lemmy.zipOPto
Videos@lemmy.world•The Hidden System Shaping Reality: Alexander Dugin, AI, and the Collapse of the Old World
0·1 month agoHis ideas have influenced people in the Trump admin unfortunately, it’s likely where they got the notion of shifting the world order to a multi-polar one.
The video, since you didn’t watch it, explains how Dugin and the Dark Enlightenment align insofar as destroying liberal democracy and the West.
MrSmiley@lemmy.zipOPto
Videos@lemmy.world•The Hidden System Shaping Reality: Alexander Dugin, AI, and the Collapse of the Old World
0·1 month agoIt’s not pro Russian, fuck Russia, either watch the video before commenting or stfu.
15 year old video, unlikely to come up in anyone’s algorithm.
It basically discusses Duverger’s law and why first past the post voting is not a good system.
You could have watched the video for context, gained a better understanding of the system and what needs to change. Ignorance is not a strength.
MrSmiley@lemmy.zipto
politics @lemmy.world•’25TH AMENDMENT!!!’ Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for Trump’s Removal From Office
0·1 month agoVance is Dark Enlightenment, the plan going in was Trump to serve as chaos agent to dismantle democracy and then scapegoated (mimetic theory) after the destruction was complete. Vance would then step in to “rebuild” a utopian society from the ashes as Peter Thiel envisioned. The presupposition here is that democracy is effectively ended, it’s not working as planned and they would hold off until after midterms before impeach/25th Trump to maximize success in establishing whatever technofeudal dystopia they’ve decided on.







For America’s adversaries and the Dark Enlightenment who financed Trump, it’s the best decision. Elements within the Trump admin have the stated goals of dismantling democracy, destroying the economic world order, and collapsing civilization. These people supported Trump because of the absolutely shortsighted, selfish and stupid decisions he would make.