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All this and more can be possible with a switch from the First Past the Post voting system many states use. No spoiler effect, no hands tied, just a arena of policies and ideas.

Some states have already made the switch, why not yours yet?

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Meanwhile I got a letter from the police today telling me to clean up my yard or else... Apparently having a slightly unkempt lawn is a criminal offense now

[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

That's why I live in the middle of nowhere, I could start my own junkyard and no one would say anything.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This is why we should defund the police. Cops shouldn't need to be engaged for trivial shit. They shouldn't have that much free time.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. Fixed. Autocorrect is clearly fascist

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

The AI overlords have revealed themselves

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's from the city not the police I'm betting.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It literally said "(my city) Police Department" on the envelope and the letter inside