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[Video] Hillary Clinton says she is pushing the Lebanese government to join Israel in fighting Hezbollah. (i.imgur.com)

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[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ranked choice voting I believe is a big step to getting away from it. Just that most people don't seem to realize it exists.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

The people with the power to change the voting system have little incentive to do so. It's quite the catch 22.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Others have been sold the lie that it is flawed and inferior.

I've spoken briefly with some semi-progressive family about it and they immediately dismissed it as able to be "gamed" and therefore a worse system. I didn't get time to really dig into it with them. I was just confused and shocked.