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Re:Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a ... by hevi_jos on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @01:27PM (#17811731)

Agreed. The US is supposedly a democracy, in which people will respect the election made by others. They were proud of its System. Now it looks they have forgotten the principles of democracy as they take it for granted.

The US has become bipolar, the Media has become hysterical, using war propaganda to infer the worst intentions and personal qualities to the adversaries, instead of using Truth using prejudices, condemning people without evidence or counsel for the defense.

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Re:Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a ... by igravious on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:32PM (#17813500)

Some of the comments I routinely read online now are quite shocking. If only people could put aside their partisan differences for a short time to enact electoral reform. I did a quick Google and found this site: http://www.fairvote.org/about

It explains the electoral system problems: http://www.fairvote.org/problems and a couple of possible solutions: http://www.fairvote.org/solutions

It sounds like a low-tech solution but maybe "ranked choice voting" (a.k.a. proportional representation?) could shift the needle?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electoral_systems_by_c...

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Re:Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a ... by asveikau on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:20PM (#17812823)

Sorry to play exactly the role you are criticizing but my sense of irony implores me to point out that Trump was literally elected by a minority of people who voted, taking second place in the popular vote, so "supposedly a democracy" is a more apt phrase than I think you might have intended.

I don't have a problem with a phone call though. Although I would not have done it personally.

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