• atro_city@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    If Canada got rid of FPTP, proportional representation and ranked voting across all its provinces (Texas and Florida would become provinces) and federation (get rid of the monarchy), Florida and Texas would be much less of an issue.

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      For sure. That said PR isn’t a panacea. It solves a legitimate issue but it doesn’t solve the orthogonal and serious problem of democracy’s tendency to represent large capital.