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[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 88 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We elected him as the "last rempart to the extreme right". Turns out he and his cronies are corrupted authoritarian fucks. Their shit social and economic policies are opening a highway to the actual far right in the near future, most likely 2027.

[–] baked_tea@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

More like shitty electoral system that facilitates the choice of a lesser evil instead of the choice for the best candidate.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like the United States.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago

Definitely less worse but still shitty indeed

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They have proportional representation and a ton of parties. It's a completely different kind of suck. Although I guess they also are presidential.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So what would be a good system? FPTP also sucks, or at least does for local minority voters like me, or if both parties become weak for whatever reason like in the US.

[–] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Democratic centralism.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe ranked choice voting, coupled with a parliamentary system instead of a presidential one ? I don't think there is a perfect system but it would probably move things around in a better direction.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

That's what the Australia does. Also note that says nothing about proportionality either way.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago